What The DHS Is Looking For In Your Posts 278
New submitter lister king of smeg writes "As we all know The Department of Homeland Security monitors social networks,in an attempt to expose 'Items Of Interest.' As it turns out many terms including seemingly benign words such as flu, agent, response, cops drill, etc are on the list of words that set off warning bells for the government spooks. Many of the terms make sense ..., but there are some real stupid ones on the list to like 'social network' ... [according to a] list of key words provided to a DHS contractor that were released by EPIC."
Re:Routine spying (Score:5, Informative)
>>Then some people flew some planes into some buildings and we all lost our collective shit.
No, it was happening well before that. 9/11 just gave them a reason to accellerate it, and to increase their budget for doing it.
Ever heard of Echelon? http://www.scribd.com/doc/49552147/ECHELON-Surveillance-Program [scribd.com] (written in 1999/2000)
Re:This is what they want you to believe (Score:5, Informative)
My point is that government surveillance organisations aren't as dumb as the article seem to suggest.
This [time.com] suggests otherwise! A couple of dumbass kids tweeting about their vacation using generic slang gets them denied access to the US. Score one for paranoia.