The CIA Is Investing in Firms That Mine Your Tweets and Instagram Photos

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Post by togetherasone » Thu, Apr 14, 2016, 6:37 PM UTC

Re: The CIA Is Investing in Firms That Mine Your Tweets and Instagram Photos

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Apr 14, 2016, 7:13 PM UTC

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Post by NN88 » Thu, Apr 14, 2016, 7:21 PM UTC

Thats just good police work, IMO.

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Post by chinathrow » Thu, Apr 14, 2016, 7:24 PM UTC

NN88 wrote: post #3

Thats just good police work, IMO.

The CIA isn't police.

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Post by cloudjacker » Thu, Apr 14, 2016, 7:47 PM UTC

I'm pretty sure that was the whole purpose of the Twitter Streaming API

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Post by mineshaftgap » Thu, Apr 14, 2016, 7:49 PM UTC

You have to feel bad for the people up voting this because they think it is edgy.

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Post by sremani » Thu, Apr 14, 2016, 8:01 PM UTC

I would be surprised if they did not do it. FB, Twitter, Instagram these are used as propaganda tools and have a trove of information.

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Post by googlryas » Thu, Apr 14, 2016, 8:09 PM UTC

chinathrow wrote: post #4

NN88 wrote: post #3

Thats just good police work, IMO.

The CIA isn't police.

You could argue that while they don't have police authority, they do do police work.

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Post by NN88 » Thu, Apr 14, 2016, 8:09 PM UTC

chinathrow wrote: post #4

NN88 wrote: post #3

Thats just good police work, IMO.

The CIA isn't police.

Uh...yeah. They are.

You all hate belgium and paris and mumbai and lower manhattan attacks...but...don't want to accept the reality of what it takes to prevent them.

You can't have it both ways. You know you can't....all you can hope is for better regulation.

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Post by th0ma5 » Thu, Apr 14, 2016, 8:12 PM UTC

Them and everyone else though, right?