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FB event to walk to NSA's Dagger Complex results in a visit by the German police

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Re: FB event to walk to NSA's Dagger Complex results in a visit by the German police

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Post by shrikant »

Bosence wrote: post #23
goatforce5 wrote: post #15

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There's a similar base in the UK at Menwith Hill. They don't welcome visitors as such, but activist/comedian Mark Thomas discovered that due to a quirk in a law, it was legal to fly a hot air balloon over it. So that's what he did: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBksQsAZ2hQ (short version) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epWTJUajIdI (full episode)

That's just simply fantastic.

Mark Thomas is hilarious.

He once organised a bunch of people who went to the big Apple Store on Regent Street and opened a webpage on all the devices there. The contents of said page informed readers (potential buyers) that they could get the same devices at a nearby high street retailer who didn't indulge in shady tax avoidance schemes.

Another time he went around sticking Margaret Thatcher heads on the ladies in girlie mags.

Re: FB event to walk to NSA's Dagger Complex results in a visit by the German police

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Post by hondje »

ChuckMcM wrote: post #10
sschueller wrote: post #4

What I don't understand is why the Germans allow the US to setup a base that spies on them. According to the Spiegel the base was setup without local approval. Also also locals have been concerned for a long time because of possible radiation from the large antennas but for what ever reason the local government cant even inquire about it. Imagine a German military base in the middle of the US that has who knows what…

"Imagine a German military base in the middle of the US that has who knows what kind of equipment on it and the local town can't question it. " Sometimes, when I imagine what I would do if I won the Lottery and had a few millions I could just fritter away, I think it would be highly entertaining to buy a lot outside of Washington DC or perhaps in New Jersey and construct upon it a building, surrounded by razor wire a…

I have learned that when you make them wonder what's in the box, they open it and find out.

Re: FB event to walk to NSA's Dagger Complex results in a visit by the German police

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Post by stfu »

shrikant wrote: post #41
Bosence wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's just simply fantastic.

Mark Thomas is hilarious. He once organised a bunch of people who went to the big Apple Store on Regent Street and opened a webpage on all the devices there. The contents of said page informed readers (potential buyers) that they could get the same devices at a nearby high street retailer who didn't indulge in shady tax avoidance schemes. Another time he went around sticking Margaret Thatcher heads on the ladies in g…

Is he still doing any TV shows? I would be so up for that stuff. Just brilliant!

Re: FB event to walk to NSA's Dagger Complex results in a visit by the German police

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Post by joezydeco »

linohh wrote: post #36
joezydeco wrote: post #11

Not that this justifies what happened at all, but: "Bangert, a veteran of the Blockupy protests in Frankfurt, had set up a group calling itself "NSA spy protection league" (NSA Spion Schutzbund), as if the US spies were an endangered species of birds" Would it be more reasonable to think that this individual was probably already being monitored as part of his Blockupy, and perhaps the German government was the one wa…

German police is monitoring Facebook and has been for years. We once had a Conference at our University. Someone posted something about a party (back when everyone was afraid of facebook parties) and 15 minutes later the police arrived. They were not allowed to enter the premises, but by coincidence wink wink someone pulled the fire alarm in a then-vacant building 15 minutes later, which opened the gates and barriers…

Wow, that sounds like something American cops would do. That's awful.

Re: FB event to walk to NSA's Dagger Complex results in a visit by the German police

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Post by rbellio »

s_q_b wrote: post #31
computer wrote: post #24

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https://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9232476/Who_is_tweet...

Thanks! Also, this seems as good a time as any to bring up Maltego. It's an OSINT network analysis tool that is as good as anything I know about in civilian law enforcement. You get some really cool results when plugging in Twitter data. http://www.paterva.com/web6/products/maltego.php

I looked into the tool and realized I'd seen my Information Assurance roommate use it 5+ years ago. It was a great application then, but has become even better since. I played around with it for a couple hours yesterday, lots of fun.
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