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36. The CIA has a special team to do stupid stuff for them as do many places, they are called....

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] damnedifIknow Mar 2013 OP

I'll have to up my game if I'm playing to a wider audience. bluedigger Mar 2013 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author damnedifIknow Mar 2013 #3

On the contrary. Ask every one of your facebook friends to tag you in a foreign country. Baitball Blogger Mar 2013 #54

Privacy on FaceBook has always been a fantasy as is privacy on DU or anywhere online. (nt) nessa Mar 2013 #114

You? How many times do you think I posted on BCCI, IranContra, CIA drug running? ;) blm Mar 2013 #55

As if they care! Octafish Mar 2013 #79

no roundup necessary. We already live in our present and future prisons librechik Mar 2013 #116

Here in Detroit, we know that is reality. Octafish Mar 2013 #119

it's appalling, and another sign of things to come librechik Mar 2013 #121

HA! Richardo Mar 2013 #104

poopy doopy do0do0 hussain! flamingdem Mar 2013 #2

Copy that! Jane has a pink poodle. Lady Freedom Returns Mar 2013 #10

Frank Church warned us. His committee was about the LAST time Congress held CIA, NSA accountablee Octafish Mar 2013 #4

I think it's time for another Church Committee. We've let the CIA run rampant since 9/11. Comrade Grumpy Mar 2013 #16

Why? FuzzyRabbit Mar 2013 #30

Excellent suggestion, Comrade Grumpy! Octafish Mar 2013 #80

+1 HiPointDem Mar 2013 #24

Pike Committee scared the Reinhard Gehlen out of them in public. Octafish Mar 2013 #83

LOL snooper2 Mar 2013 #5

I can't image a better way of spying on people then Facebook. .... spin Mar 2013 #6

The US needs a data law like the EU green for victory Mar 2013 #19

The video was great! (n/t) spin Mar 2013 #88

Great vid!..nt Paul E Ester Mar 2013 #124

Facebook was designed to collect data about you and your friends, and sell it. leveymg Mar 2013 #29

Nah. You can always trust the government. ... spin Mar 2013 #89

Doesn't everyone? leveymg Mar 2013 #93

I'm impressed. aquart Mar 2013 #7

^^^ this idwiyo Mar 2013 #15

easy to analyze piles of data with computers, and very quickly, on an as-needed basis. HiPointDem Mar 2013 #25

Obiously you haven't had to retrieve email from the IRS from 2005 LOL n/t kickysnana Mar 2013 #58

Exactly, if sorting data is the goal, computers are the tool siligut Mar 2013 #65

If they're properly serviced. If you budget for maintenance and upgrades... aquart Mar 2013 #94

Yep. GoCubsGo Mar 2013 #117

So? The FBI still keeps tabs on me. Lady Freedom Returns Mar 2013 #8

Good luck drinking from that 5 foot hose. nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #9

I already assumed that they know everything I've done online since 1983 or so Orrex Mar 2013 #11

Me too. I also assume that they're interested in none of it. MineralMan Mar 2013 #64

Yeah, same here Orrex Mar 2013 #85

Tell that to the Occupiers targeted for preemptive arrest. snot Mar 2013 #126

Par for the course. Jamastiene Mar 2013 #12

Million $$$ question to CIA: can you process it all, morons? No, you can't. You should know it but idwiyo Mar 2013 #13

yeah, they're collecting it but they're too dumb to process it. that's the ticket. HiPointDem Mar 2013 #26

What is the largest database size did yo ever work with? idwiyo Mar 2013 #31

the entire database is not the database at the level of analysis. HiPointDem Mar 2013 #32

Entire set of data has to be processed first (sorted). THAT requires a hell of a lot of processing idwiyo Mar 2013 #33

'processing power' = cpu, not personnel. HiPointDem Mar 2013 #35

The problem is the size of initial data set, how long does it take to process and index, how fast idwiyo Mar 2013 #37

and yet, people are being convicted on the evidence of computer data. HiPointDem Mar 2013 #41

Still the same questions remain. We are not talking here about targeting one specific individual idwiyo Mar 2013 #43

and yet, those innocent persons were, in fact, convicted and punished. HiPointDem Mar 2013 #44

Yep, false positives. And criminals walked/walk free because of false negatives. Never mind we idwiyo Mar 2013 #51

but computers can access information that would not have been accessible in earlier times. HiPointDem Mar 2013 #90

Only after the raw data is processed and stored correctly. Oh, forgot to mention, backups. idwiyo Mar 2013 #91

They cut supercomputer grants under Bush. aquart Mar 2013 #95

Keep telling yourself that. Ignore the fact that Amazon's computers know... TheMadMonk Mar 2013 #39

i'm not the one saying they can't process the data. your remarks should be addressed to the HiPointDem Mar 2013 #40

Amazon computers store data. The initial data set has to be processed by said computers to something idwiyo Mar 2013 #42

and yet, if i made a death threat to some public official on social media, i'll bet federal agents HiPointDem Mar 2013 #45

Not unless someone else notifies them. Otherwise your chances to have a visit from FBI are very low. idwiyo Mar 2013 #49

That is true, but because people would report your threat. MineralMan Mar 2013 #60

Exactly. It's a Nobel prize right there if someone figures how to teach computer to sort the data idwiyo Mar 2013 #92

Only after it trends on Twitter. aquart Mar 2013 #96

And Yet RobinA Mar 2013 #99

Of course not, it's a huger dump that Wikileaks treestar Mar 2013 #59

Here's the problem. JDPriestly Mar 2013 #14

Don't even bother to worry about it. They have to convert piles of data into useful info and unless idwiyo Mar 2013 #17

don't worry, don't worry.... HiPointDem Mar 2013 #27

The CIA has a special team to do stupid stuff for them as do many places, they are called.... Lady Freedom Returns Mar 2013 #36

Yes, and they do really stupid stuff, that's the main problem. I am not even going to start on the idwiyo Mar 2013 #38

I Can See It Now RobinA Mar 2013 #100

Don't give them ideas, please. :) Sadly I wouldn't be surprised at all if this is how idwiyo Mar 2013 #107

Hundreds dressed in camo, sitting in big cushy chairs, dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #108

It occurred to me today that in the early 2000s, and in spite of the fact that banks JDPriestly Mar 2013 #102

Well... I can tell you a little story about a database. idwiyo Mar 2013 #122

Hell I'm going on FaceBook and saying, "In the name of free speech FU." Lint Head Mar 2013 #18

For what purpose? Apophis Mar 2013 #20

networks of associations, and not only of 'terrorists'. and the other side of the coin is that HiPointDem Mar 2013 #28

The world is a little bigger than your imagination Horatio treestar Mar 2013 #69

If Bozo the Terrorist tweets his cousin that he'll be out of touch for a while aquart Mar 2013 #97

It would be more in the matter of making connections treestar Mar 2013 #110

If they keep looking, they will discover intelligence eventually Coyotl Mar 2013 #21

You win this thread!!! idwiyo Mar 2013 #125

Is there another source other than Macedonia online? progressoid Mar 2013 #22

So we can amass this data but can't do background checks? BVictor1 Mar 2013 #23

Meh! They'll get what they deserve. longship Mar 2013 #34

Now Langley just needs one more thing DFW Mar 2013 #46

Well, not quite the size of Bermuda... bluedigger Mar 2013 #56

$2 billion? DFW Mar 2013 #63

Considering it's ginormous size, it's a bargain. bluedigger Mar 2013 #68

Honestly that doesn't sound nearly enough for the project they discussed. aquart Mar 2013 #98

They might have inadvertently (not) left off a zero. DFW Mar 2013 #106

I will start every posting on FB with "FUCK THE CIA" hobbit709 Mar 2013 #47

CIA records public information. I'm shocked. NYC Liberal Mar 2013 #48

This message was self-deleted by its author damnedifIknow Mar 2013 #52

Anything you post online should be considered public, NYC Liberal Mar 2013 #53

Precisely. Right now, things like threats are investigated mainly MineralMan Mar 2013 #61

Look n the bright side nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #72

This message was self-deleted by its author damnedifIknow Mar 2013 #84

Another era nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #87

The CIA is late getting into that game....the NSA is the outfit I'd worry about more.... OldDem2012 Mar 2013 #50

It's public though treestar Mar 2013 #57

This message was self-deleted by its author damnedifIknow Mar 2013 #62

Are you responding to my post or the OP treestar Mar 2013 #66

This message was self-deleted by its author damnedifIknow Mar 2013 #70

That is not "spying" on people Jersey Devil Mar 2013 #67

A more accurate analogy nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #73

#sillysally OMG! Did you see Jason @ school? MineralMan Mar 2013 #71

At least little bush and romney are not in charge. Zax2me Mar 2013 #74

Don't know about Facebook Paul E Ester Mar 2013 #75

If you have ever owned a domain name for a political website and had access to the visit logs... stevenleser Mar 2013 #76

Why do we allow them to spy? Evoman Mar 2013 #77

The ones that teenagers send should be extra fun for them to keep. nt Lex Mar 2013 #78

Good luck searching through a zillion "OMG, look at this picture of my food" posts NightWatcher Mar 2013 #81

You don't think a human being sits down and tries to sift through all this, do you? markpkessinger Mar 2013 #109

"Appearance of certain keywords". Can you please explain what you mean? idwiyo Mar 2013 #127

Use it against them. LiberalFighter Mar 2013 #82

Message auto-removed chocolatewatchband Mar 2013 #86

We always knew this was the case. The trick is be worthy of their surveillance. Earn your file. villager Mar 2013 #101

Let them have it, if they think they want it so much. elleng Mar 2013 #103

In case anyone needs a refresher on what words to use, er, avoid... bluedigger Mar 2013 #105

This is a common recurring theme on the RW site I frequent. MelungeonWoman Mar 2013 #111

This message was self-deleted by its author damnedifIknow Mar 2013 #112

if someone had a record of every single internet action the average person ever made markiv Mar 2013 #113

The CIA Facebook Project: Zorra Mar 2013 #115

This message was self-deleted by its author damnedifIknow Mar 2013 #128

Well, they better have some decent algorithms not to mention Are_grits_groceries Mar 2013 #118

So, is this CIA thing codified in the FB Terms of Service? ChisolmTrailDem Mar 2013 #120

Oh, that's OK, the CIA thugs are spying on us to protect our "freedom". Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2013 #123