facebook mmmm tied to government, page 1

found this on digg.

albumoftheday.com...

is this why they didn't sell out to yahoo ?

Originally posted by thedangler
found this on digg.

albumoftheday.com...

is this why they didn't sell out to yahoo ?

Just because it is tied to the government doesn't mean it is always bad. <_<.

Originally posted by Maverickhunter

Originally posted by thedangler
found this on digg.

albumoftheday.com...

is this why they didn't sell out to yahoo ?

Just because it is tied to the government doesn't mean it is always bad. <_<.

No, just because facebook is tied to the government doesn't have to mean that it's bad BUT.....

under the guise of a "simple social networking site", a rather power population profiling site may have been developed. It may be "just another site" that has found popularity among America's youth, but after giving the information that the link provides, it does make one realize just what a powerful tool facebook can be in the hands of groups like the C.I.A. or N.S.A.

The amazing thing is that this site really comes across as a "fun way to keep in touch with your friends and to make new friends". I hardly had given any thought at all to the powerful information gathering tool that facebook can be. The government doesn't even have to solicit the information. We GIVE THEM THE INFORMATION OURSELVES!!!!

The question remains whether the government would ever use this information but, here too, if you consider this matter at all, you would realize that the government would be foolish not to take advantage of this free dossier that is provided to them. Trust me, if push ever came to shove, any incriminating or provocative information that is contained on facebook would surely come to light. Smoke pot? Use drugs? Into alternative sexual activities. The government WILL take note. Have you espoused your radical political opinions? The Government has added your name to the list.

If you say that it couldn't happen, stop and think about it.....The fifties had their McCarthy Hearings that ruined the lives of Communists, suspected Communists and even sympathizers. The late Sixties and early Seventies had Nixons "enemy list" where Nixon utilized IRS records and other information sources to provoke and to cow his opponents. J. Edgar Hoover, when he wasn't cross-dressing, also used similar tactics to acquire and to use any and all information to his advantage "for the good of the country" (sic).

I, for one, would be very careful about using facebook and I certainly would think twice about what information that I might post there. In fact, it might be time to consider exactly what you post anywhere......perhaps even here at ATS. After all, they ARE watching.

Of course we can be paranoid. But we shouldn't be paranoid simply at facebook.com . We should be paranoid about everything...every site.
Ironically, the site listed that reveals this "conspiracy" against our privacy;
albumoftheday.com... has an Urchin Tracking Module installed on it (which is used specifically to track your progress as you move around their website). In it's own way, the site that is telling us about facebook's surveillance is also "watching" our activities.

Be paranoid. They "are" watching.

[edit on 3/7/2007 by benevolent tyrant]

Facebook and similar social networking sites are a real popular starting tool for data mining. You guys are volunteering data that takes them a lot of effort to collect and collate.

The data mining ops that I know anything about (that would be 3) use that sort of information to help determine your contact networks. For some types of data mining, that is ALL they're trying to figure out. Who do you know? Who do you communicate with? What is your social space? What places do you go? What are your political affiliations? Then you see how many people appear to have matching ties to YOU. Later on, once you've established this big relationship tree, a piece of intel like Joe Blowsky is apparently trying to buy slappers from Alcoa, can be mated to your tree...who is this guy Joe? Ok, Joe has a strong contact Ned Nevsky who was a Russian immigrant. Ned was in the military, and some of Ned's ties have known association with Iran's nuclear development. Therefore, Joe asking for slappers makes sense if Ned is getting him to be a sock puppet.

(looks around)

Ok, here is a fairly accurate article you might enjoy. No, I don't have a facebook entry, myself.

www.newscientist.com...

Here's some timely news. ADVISE is about to be looked at. I am pretty sure that it is one of a class that seeds from myspace, facebook and the like.

washingtontimes.com...

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