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The CIA knows when you're hitting the gym

Posted February 11, 2013 - 2:56 pm

Raytheon's RIOT software makes it easy for spooks to follow your trail across Facebook, Foursquare, and other social networks. Paranoid yet?
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Explaining Steven Sinofsky's resignation from Microsoft

Posted November 15, 2012 - 12:48 pm

Steven Sinofsky has left Microsoft. If you find yourself saying “Why” or, more importantly, “Wait - who?” then read on as we explain it so even your mom can understand
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Pentagon gets new spy agency, doesn't know how to use 100K spies it has

Posted April 24, 2012 - 12:51 pm

Despite a proliferation of intelligence agencies the Washington Post counted at 1,200 in 2010, the Pentagon announced yesterday it has created a new one. The Defense Clandestine Service will add national intelligence to the tactical info gathered by Defense Intelligence Agency.
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When you tweet, the CIA listens

Posted March 15, 2012 - 12:49 pm

Documents obtained by privacy advocates reveal that Uncle Sam is monitoring social networks for people critical of the government. Can an enemies list be far behind?
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CIA's 'Vengeful Librarians' read mood of foreign streets using Twitter, Facebook

Posted November 4, 2011 - 3:05 pm

If you want to learn about a country, there's no replacement for talking to its people. Unless you're CIA and they won't talk. They do talk to each other social nets, though, and one CIA group has been set up just to listen.
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FBI wants a second, secure Internet; how about policing the one we have?

Posted October 28, 2011 - 1:20 pm

Top officials of the FBI and CIA have called for construction of a second, more secure Internet for critical systems. The NSA and Pentagon want responsibility localized to players in specific areas. No agency is responsible for coordinating all the pieces, so gaps remain.
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Has LulzSec been busted?

Posted June 21, 2011 - 9:32 am

British police arrested a 19-year-old man last night in a town northeast of London for attacks attributed to LulzSec; sudden silence on the Lulz Twitter feed may mean they got their dude.
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LulzSec vs. Anonymous: Doing hactivism wrong

Posted June 16, 2011 - 11:34 am

LulzSec and Anonymous flame back and forth in a rivalry for Most Powerful Hactivist but could find that fighting allies wastes energy they should spend fighting The Man and hiding from cops.
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Is Facebook really 'the most appalling spying machine'?

Posted May 3, 2011 - 2:07 pm

Facebook's an appalling spy machine? That’s what WikiLeakers founder (and Martina Navratilova impersonator) Julian Assange is saying.
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