NSA, The "National Secruity Agency" To Datamine Social Networking Sites...

[freakazoid]

:mad: NSA, The "National Secruity Agency" To Datamine Social Networking Sites (like MySpace)... :(

"New Scientist has discovered that the NSA is funding research into the mass harvesting of the information that people post about themselves on social networks. And it could harness advances in Internet technology -- specifically the forthcoming 'semantic web' championed by the Web standards organisation W3C -- to combine data from social networking websites with details such as banking, retail and property records, allowing the NSA to build extensive, all-embracing personal profiles of individuals."

http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/09/1245212&from=rss



*** And more fun, gang...

Police raid original 'Animal House' at Dartmouth :eek:

10 crates, two sledge hammers and a computer are carted away...

HANOVER, New Hampshire (AP) -- Authorities raided the Dartmouth College fraternity that inspired the 1978 movie "National Lampoon's Animal House."

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/06/09/animal.house.ap/index.html?section=cnn_topstories

[Paisleyspeaker]

they have probably been doing it for years. But why? If the conspiracy theorists are right then the major terrorist atttacks of the generation have been self inflicted,it negates any argument made about needing to search for terroists. What are they looking for. Potential trouble makers? Myspaces infamous pediphiles? Anyone who would put anything on the web that they didn't want to whole world to see? they would have to be a moron. Once it hits the cable in the back of you computer, it is part of this vast global consciousness. You don't own it and can't control it anymore.

[freakazoid]

they have probably been doing it for years. But why? If the conspiracy theorists are right then the major terrorist atttacks of the generation have been self inflicted,it negates any argument made about needing to search for terroists. What are they looking for. Potential trouble makers? Myspaces infamous pediphiles? Anyone who would put anything on the web that they didn't want to whole world to see? they would have to be a moron. Once it hits the cable in the back of you computer, it is part of this vast global consciousness. You don't own it and can't control it anymore.

The principle of privacy, whether practical or even an actual condition in fact, is essential to freedom. Its violation must be carefully protected from.

[General Septem]

That's one of the reasons I never use my real name online. But if those bastards find out how to get my real name from Myspace I'll be pissed.

[Brains_Behind_Operation]

That's one of the reasons I never use my real name online. But if those bastards find out how to get my real name from Myspace I'll be pissed.

You can always change your name. I'm pretty sure that it costs less than $100, so it ought to be plenty affordable if you're that paranoid about someone you'll never meet knowing your real name.

[General Septem]

You can always change your name. I'm pretty sure that it costs less than $100, so it ought to be plenty affordable if you're that paranoid about someone you'll never meet knowing your real name.
I'm talking about the government. And if I change my name they'd know anyway, so it doesn't really matter. I guess it doesn't matter either way, as someone pointed out, all they're going to find out is whatever I feel like sharing with the world anyway. I just hope they don't get access to bulletins, private messages, and stuff that only my friends see.

[Zzyzx]

I don't see this as a severe violation of anyone's privacy. Like General Septem said: "all they're going to find out is whatever I feel like sharing with the world anyway".

Think about it: You're a detective charged with tracking down and arresting a fugitive. You need to know who the guy hangs out with, where he was last seen, etc. Oh, and the guy has a MySpace page. Do ya think you're going to check it?

The nice thing about having a database is that you can collect historical data on people. You can see what their MySpace page said a year ago, regardless of what it says today. That could prove helpful...

Phone tapping? That's a bit much. MySpace mining? I hope they knock themselves out.

[General Septem]

http://www.fuckthenewyorktimes.com/ I think this is relevant.

[Paisleyspeaker]

Freakaziod does have a point, it we don't throw a fit everytime they take away a constitutional right, one we won't have any rights left, and two it will be harder to throw that fit. It has been going on for a long time. The Bill of Rights gives you the right to peacable assembly, but you just try to without a permit.

[freakazoid]

Freakaziod does have a point, it we don't throw a fit everytime they take away a constitutional right, one we won't have any rights left, and two it will be harder to throw that fit. It has been going on for a long time. The Bill of Rights gives you the right to peacable assembly, but you just try to without a permit.
...and rights are VERY hard to re-gain if they have been lost. From my point of view, the (US) government is taking our rights away using the "frog in the water" medthod. You toss a frog in hot water and it will jump out immediately, BUT, if you put the same frog in cold water and slowly boil the water, the frog will stay and be boiled to death. We are rapidly becoming frogs as far as I can tell. Slowly but surely our rights are being taken and our privacy is being violated and destroyed. :mad:

Frogs of the world, UNITE! Jump out of the water before it's too late!

[freakazoid]

http://www.fuckthenewyorktimes.com/ I think this is relevant.

Great web site, General! I emailed it to my cc list.

[General Septem]

Great web site, General! I emailed it to my cc list.
Glad I can help :D

I'm also glad it's not just the conspiracy theorists that can see our rights being taken away. :/

[seegs]

the patriot act is classic orwellian double speak.
okay so your a patriot if you agree to take away the very freedoms, that make the USA something to be patriotic about.
The patriot act defines a terrorist as anybody who endagers lives by breaking a federal, state, or local law.
The government is using 9/11 as a fear tactic to punch holes in the constitution. Anybody who disagrees with them is labeled as radical, and unamerican.

[freakazoid]

Glad I can help :D

I'm also glad it's not just the conspiracy theorists that can see our rights being taken away. :/
General, I personally believe that more and more people from all sides of the spectrum are sensing that their freedoms are being taken away a little at a time. :mad:

[General Septem]

General, I personally believe that more and more people from all sides of the spectrum are sensing that their freedoms are being taken away a little at a time. :mad:
I think most people are frogs though. Frogs in cold water that's been slowly heated, and they don't even notice. But the water was already hot when I was born, so I've always sensed it.

[freakazoid]

I think most people are frogs though. Frogs in cold water that's been slowly heated, and they don't even notice. But the water was already hot when I was born, so I've always sensed it.

...and it seems to be heating up faster and faster. :cool: