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  • rogue06
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    Originally posted by hamster View Post
    Where do I apply for that position
    Originally posted by Sparko View Post
    Hammy!!!!

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  • CMD
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    ...but I thought government was our friend?

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  • seanD
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    Originally posted by hamster View Post
    Where do I apply for that position
    I'm assuming, to at least get your foot in the door, it starts with being a good hacker? Typically, being a good hacker will likely be young, technology savvy, and will probably also know the ins and outs of social media and online discussion etiquette.

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/politi...bqI_story.html

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  • Sparko
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    Hammy!!!!

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  • hamster
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    Where do I apply for that position

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  • seanD
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    Operation Internet Troll

    According to Greenwald, based on more of Snowden's new revelation documents of government action and propaganda tactics...

    "One of the many pressing stories that remains to be told from the Snowden archive is how western intelligence agencies are attempting to manipulate and control online discourse with extreme tactics of deception and reputation-destruction. It’s time to tell a chunk of that story, complete with the relevant documents.

    By publishing these stories one by one, our NBC reporting highlighted some of the key, discrete revelations: the monitoring of YouTube and Blogger, the targeting of Anonymous with the very same DDoS attacks they accuse “hacktivists” of using, the use of “honey traps” (luring people into compromising situations using sex) and destructive viruses. But, here, I want to focus and elaborate on the overarching point revealed by all of these documents: namely, that these agencies are attempting to control, infiltrate, manipulate, and warp online discourse, and in doing so, are compromising the integrity of the internet itself.

    Among the core self-identified purposes of JTRIG are two tactics: (1) to inject all sorts of false material onto the internet in order to destroy the reputation of its targets; and (2) to use social sciences and other techniques to manipulate online discourse and activism to generate outcomes it considers desirable. To see how extremist these programs are, just consider the tactics they boast of using to achieve those ends: “false flag operations” (posting material to the internet and falsely attributing it to someone else), fake victim blog posts (pretending to be a victim of the individual whose reputation they want to destroy), and posting “negative information” on various forums."

    https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2...-manipulation/

    http://www.theguardian.com/world/201...internet-yahoo

    http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-26049448
    The use of smear tactics...

    "Under the tactics they use, the state is deliberately spreading lies on the internet about whichever individuals it targets, including the use of what GCHQ itself calls “false flag operations” and emails to people’s families and friends. Who would possibly trust a government to exercise these powers at all, let alone do so in secret, with virtually no oversight, and outside of any cognizable legal framework?"
    Injecting operatives into online discussions: forums, chatrooms, comment sections, etc; in order to deceive, manipulate and control the discussion and steer opinion in the direction they want it to go...

    "Then there is the use of psychology and other social sciences to not only understand, but shape and control, how online activism and discourse unfolds. Today’s newly published document touts the work of GCHQ’s “Human Science Operations Cell,” devoted to “online human intelligence” and “strategic influence and disruption”:

    The documents lay out theories of how humans interact with one another, particularly online, and then attempt to identify ways to influence the outcomes – or “game” it:"
    Pretty wild stuff.

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