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By: Is dat wat er gebeurt als je te veel tweet ? #tweetlejuice

Is dat wat er gebeurt als je te veel tweet ? #tweetlejuice — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:43:06 +0000

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By: Twitter Declared “No Longer a Terrorist Threat” by State Department : TechGrits

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:25:41 +0000

[...] Last year, several reports came out that the US Army was concerned that terrorists could use Twitter for organization and potential “targeting”. This quote says it all. “Extremist and terrorist use of Twitter could evolve over time to reflect tactics that are already evolving in use by hacktivists and activists for surveillance,” it said. “This could theoretically be combined with targeting.” This quote was from a US Army intelligence report. View the entire report here. Skip to pages 8 and 9 to view the Twitter information. The report was covered by many many large news outlets (here, here, here and here). [...]

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By: Twitter jitters « Majorman’s Musings

Twitter jitters « Majorman’s Musings — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:46:13 +0000

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By: Gabe

Gabe — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 05:10:11 +0000

Let’s be frank. The scary thing here is that this report was even created. The only hope is that this was busy work that the higher-ups assigned to keep bush’s brain-dead appointees out of trouble. If this report really is considered to be useful information by the people in charge then we may as well kiss any hopes of outsmarting the terrorists goodbye. Good lord, if only someone could figure out a way to make competence an electable trait.

By: GadgetPimp.com » Blog Archive » US Army discovers Twitter, sees terrorist ties, wonders why @JasonCalacanis won’t follow it

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 02:05:41 +0000

[...] A report by US Army Intelligence points to Twitter, GPS devices, and voice changing software as potential “terrorist tools.” Friend of CG, Noah Shachtman, posted the report on Danger Room noting that intelligence services have said that everything from MMORPGs to garage door openers could be potentially dangerous to Americas precious bodily fluids. They note: “Twitter was recently used as a countersurveillance, command and control, and movement tool by activists at the Republican National Convention. The activists would Tweet each other and their Twitter pages to add information on what was happening with Law Enforcement near real time.” Look: Twitter can’t even keep the Fail Whale at bay most days, let alone create a command and control structure for young men and women with a penchant for Anchor Steam beer and trail mix. As Shachtman notes in his piece, this report is good and bad. …More [...]

By: Cool Products

Cool Products — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:47:58 +0000

I love how a VERY small-scale riot by some misguided anarchists at the RNC constitutes a national terrorist threat. It blows my mind when the word “terror” and “terrorist” gets thrown out in regard to just about anything these days. I mean c’mon, people are now shouting “kill that terrorist” (in regard to Barack Obama) at political rallies. Terrorism is certainly a threat that has to be dealt with, but how much of our civil liberty has to be taken from us in order to be “secure”?

By: thematrix777

thematrix777 — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:00:16 +0000

It would be scary if it was true but I don’t believe it.

It has way too many problems to be relied on for such an important thing.

But, there are others out there that ARE reliable. Should we worry about everything?

I, for one, am not living my life in fear. Life is too short. Especially mine.

thematrix777

By: CoolProducts

CoolProducts — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:55:13 +0000

I highly doubt any creditable terrorist threats have been available on twitter. Just another overreaction by our government. Next thing you know they will be investigating terrorist facebook status posts. haha

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Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:51:52 +0000

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By: SER

SER — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 08:20:26 +0000

It’s good in that explores something most Army Intelligence employees probably know nothing about Here we go!!

By: ComradeColin

ComradeColin — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 01:48:47 +0000

Well, at least if the terrorists use twitter the next attack will be short, sweet, and under 140 words.

By: Jon Kepler

Jon Kepler — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 01:20:35 +0000

Terrorism in 140 characters or less?! Seriously, it’s difficult enough to use as an unimportant communication tool; I have a hard time imagining it being used for serious dialogue by less than above-board individuals.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:46:25 +0000

Twitter is an attempt to advance our communication, and yet here the government is trying to diminish it…once again.

By: Karla

Karla — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:28:53 +0000

“You guys all missed the boat”? We are sooooooo fortunate when guys like you tell us what we don’t know… While at the same following Biggs useless post: you both dumb asses miss the point [and the elephant in the post] when totally dismissing the clear fact that Twitter IS another means of communications, that ANY terrorist could use, from anywhere in the world!
Maybe you both believe [from another post] that Twitter is *your precious and private toy* –Sober up, you fools!

By: Charlie

Charlie — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:07:31 +0000

What? How about learning English?

By: Charlie

Charlie — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 23:27:21 +0000

“I have friends and family who are in Army Intelligence right now, one just got deployed” Of course, this makes you an expert on national security. Sorry, but you are clueless…
Maybe you think that terrorists should not use Twitter because you use it and like it? Wake up!

By: B J

B J — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 23:22:27 +0000

Just talking to people is real time communication are they going to sew peoples mouths shut next. Texting, CB, HAM , and email can be pretty quick. Next thing you know signal flags will be illegal too. This paranoia is amazing when are they going to stop. Its just twitter you think terrorist would have more advanced ways of communicating . Give me a break these aren’t the bad guys from Die Hard here.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 23:04:25 +0000

You guys all missed the boat on this article completely. The most important part was the sweet Dr. Strangelove reference. Kudos John Biggs, Kudos.

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