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News Google and CIA joint venture

Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by Lizard, 30 Jul 2010.

  1. Lizard

    Lizard @ Scan R&D

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  2. Fizzban

    Fizzban Man of Many Typos

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    So googling how to make bombs out of fertilizer will be a no-no? lol
     
  3. crazyceo

    crazyceo What's a Dremel?

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    This maybe why many other countries and falling over themselves to question the integrity of Google. This is not a good thing and the sooner you change your search engine and remove the toolbars the better.

    Oh no, they could see this and now I'm going to get agents swinging through the window getting all angry and shouty!
     
  4. mull

    mull What's a Dremel?

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    I think both the Fast Company blog post and this are overblown. The key term here is 'open-source intelligence' - all this platform is doing is using publicly available information from mainstream news, blogs and wikis. Indeed, the analysis in the video of their platform seems to just look like Google News with more keyword matching.
     
  5. crazyceo

    crazyceo What's a Dremel?

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    Sorry dude but I really think you are being way too naive to think it won't be used for something more sinister.
     
  6. amacieli

    amacieli What's a Dremel?

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    Sorry dude but I really think you are being way too naive to think it will be used for something more sinister.
     
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  7. battles_atlas

    battles_atlas What's a Dremel?

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    What's not sinister about the fact that it uses publicly availble information? Everything that any agency like the CIA does is sinister, because history has repeatedly shown that they essentially operate outside the law. And do an awful lot of Bad Sh*t. Even on those few occasions where law-breaking comes to light, no individual ever faces the sanctions that the rest of us would.

    intelligence agency + largest software company in the world + data mining the internet = highly sinister.
     
  8. Kilmoor

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    great, fueling the fire in today's culture of fear...

    worst thing that could come of this is the CIA finding out I like MILF porn and I buy a lot of used video games. woop-de-doo.
     
  9. Kilmoor

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    oh, yeah:

    Using the internet = implied consent => data mining the internet

    When you use the 'net, you are out in public. Act accordingly.
     
  10. Evildead666

    Evildead666 What's a Dremel?

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    I've always thought Google and the CIA were "best mates" anyway, since the beginning...

    Google : " I want to cache the entire Internet and search through it"
    CIA : "I want a complete copy of the Internet to search through too"
    Google : " Maybe we can help each other"
     
  11. Redbeaver

    Redbeaver The Other Red Meat

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    naive for thinking it might be used for sth sinister? maybe the word ur looking for is paranoid :p

    that being said, only the paranoia will survive anyway. w00t! lol

    my 2c: oh yes, it will be used for sth sinister sooner or later. depending on the development of it, it could be the latter...

    i mean, if the CIA is interested in cost-recovery print-tracking software so they can monitor the activities of what people prints in the office... well... web monitoring tools can be quite interesting....
     
  12. battles_atlas

    battles_atlas What's a Dremel?

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    Has 'sth' now replaced the word 'something'?

    Maybe its for the best that the CIA render us all in North African torture bunkers.
     
  13. battles_atlas

    battles_atlas What's a Dremel?

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    The if-you-haven't-done-anything-you've-nothing-to-fear argument? Shame real events keep proving it wrong.

    Until the day that we are all legally required to attach our real name to any actions online, using the internet does not imply consent. Besides which, the park is a public place, it doesn't mean that by walking my dog there I give security forces consent to film me or eavesdrop on my highly classified conversations with the dog.
     
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    On reflection, the dog might be a mole
     
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    Woodspoon What's a Dremel?

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    +1 spot on

    C.I.A = Criminals. In. Authority
     
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    the program can put together a comprehensive report on a person's porn preferences
     
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    Faulk_Wulf Internet Addict

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    Until the day that we are all legally required to attach our real name to any actions online, using the internet does not imply consent. Besides which, the park is a public place, it doesn't mean that by walking my dog there I give security forces consent to film me or eavesdrop on my highly classified conversations with the dog.[/QUOTE]

    Actually you kind of do. I mean seriously. Isn't it the UK with all the CCTV set-ups? You're probably being filmed doing many mundane things. Sure they don't all link to high end government offices (think the security feeds in any store to prevent shoplifting, no one comments about them unless they shoplift).

    So... yeah...

    If it wasn't the CIA I'd say the Government should look into this and see if it's some sort of monopoly or just a bad idea. But it's the CIA, the poster-boy for covert Government ... stuff. No one really know exactly what the CIA does, just what the Government let's us know to keep up appearances.

    That being said, you have to do quite a bit to piss off the CIA. I'd be more worried if it had been offered to those trigger happy mooks at the FBI though. The FBI has started stepping in more and more where local police and SWAT teams should be and it's kind of annoying.

    If you don't like it though, stop using the internet. It's not exactly rocket science.
     
  18. mecblade

    mecblade 14 year old Technophile

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    Who uses the internet? EVERYONE. Its highly unlikely the CIA wont be using this for some sinister covert operation. If said country uses the internet, then the CIA can use this as a backdoor and find some classified information. Considering that the CIA has reguarly shown that it is part of the people causing the problems in the world (the CIA used to back the Taliban, when Russia went to war with Afghanistan). As well as that, Google has a lot of things for free, you cant run one of the big companies and not have some funding. (this is turn could be used as blackmail and force Google to do something)
     
  19. Locknload

    Locknload Jolly Good Egg

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    ....Google, Android, Chrome, Facebook, Twitter, store loyalty cards like nectar, boots the chemist.....come on guys get up to speed.
    BT has been a close partner of the "Men in Black", (GB division) for decades.
     
  20. Volund

    Volund Am I supposed to care?

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    Oh come on, at least get your facts straight, the CIA (and several other US government agencies), along with the UK, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Iran, and the PRC supported the Mujahideen, not the Taliban during the Soviet war in Afghanistan. The Taliban did not originate as an organization until 1994, and did not take power in Afghanistan until 1996....

    but anyway, most of you in this thread probably already know this, but here the rest of you go- http://www.ehow.com/how_2049858_make-tinfoil-hat.html
     
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