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Air Force Bought Software To Create Army Of Fake Virtual People (AKA SHILLS)!!!!

 
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[link to www.dailykos.com]




As the text explains, the software would require licenses for 50 users with 10 personas each, for a total of 500. These personas would have to be "replete with background , history, supporting details, and cyber presences that are technically, culturally and geographacilly consistent."

It continues, noting the need for secure virtual private networks that randomize the operator's Internet protocol (IP) address, making it impossible to detect that it's a single person orchestrating all these posts. Another entry calls for static IP address management for each persona, making it appear as though each fake person was consistently accessing from the same computer each time.

The contract also sought methods to anonymously establish virtual private servers with private hosting firms in specific geographic locations. This would allow that server's "geosite" to be integrated with their social media profiles, effectively gaming geolocation services.

The Air Force added that the "place of performance" for the contract would be at MacDill Air Force Base, along with Kabul, Afghanistan and Baghdad. The contract was offered on June 22, 2010.

It was not clear exactly what the Air Force was doing with this software


Manufacturing consent
Though many questions remain about how the military would apply such technology, the reasonable fear should be perfectly clear. "Persona management software" can be used to manipulate public opinion on key information, such as news reports. An unlimited number of virtual "people" could be marshaled by only a few real individuals, empowering them to create the illusion of consensus.

You could call it a virtual flash mob, or a digital "Brooks Brothers Riot," so to speak: compelling, but not nearly as spontaneous as it appears.

That's precisely what got DailyKos blogger Happy Rockefeller in a snit: the potential for military-run armies of fake people manipulating and, in some cases, even manufacturing the appearance of public opinion.

"I don't know about you, but it matters to me what fellow progressives think," the blogger wrote. "I consider all views. And if there appears to be a consensus that some reporter isn't credible, for example, or some candidate for congress in another state can't be trusted, I won't base my entire judgment on it, but it carries some weight.


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Here is the contract, You will have to copy and paste the link for some reason:
[link to www.fbo.gov (secure)]

0001- Online Persona Management Service. 50 User Licenses, 10 Personas per user.
Software will allow 10 personas per user, replete with background , history, supporting details, and cyber presences that are technically, culturally and geographacilly consistent. Individual applications will enable an operator to exercise a number of different online persons from the same workstation and without fear of being discovered by sophisticated adversaries. Personas must be able to appear to originate in nearly any part of the world and can interact through conventional online services and social media platforms. The service includes a user friendly application environment to maximize the user's situational awareness by displaying real-time local information.

0002- Secure Virtual Private Network (VPN). 1 each
VPN provides the ability for users to daily and automatically obtain randomly selected
IP addresses through which they can access the internet. The daily rotation of
the user s IP address prevents compromise during observation of likely or
targeted web sites or services, while hiding the existence of the operation. In
addition, may provide traffic mixing, blending the user s traffic with traffic from
multitudes of users from outside the organization. This traffic blending provides
excellent cover and powerful deniability.


More at the link!
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Yes, that software works great. It's really fun to use.
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As the text explains, the software would require licenses for 50 users with 10 personas each, for a total of 500. These personas would have to be "replete with background , history, supporting details, and cyber presences that are technically, culturally and geographacilly consistent."

It continues, noting the need for secure virtual private networks that randomize the operator's Internet protocol (IP) address, making it impossible to detect that it's a single person orchestrating all these posts. Another entry calls for static IP address management for each persona, making it appear as though each fake person was consistently accessing from the same computer each time.

The contract also sought methods to anonymously establish virtual private servers with private hosting firms in specific geographic locations. This would allow that server's "geosite" to be integrated with their social media profiles, effectively gaming geolocation services.

 Quoting: Lost Patriot



Just when I thought I had heard it all.

....NOW WE HAVE.....


propa DRONES




OK...Trin.
How are you going to filter these VAPORWARE F*CKWADS out of the system???

Sergio.....get to work.

putin gluesniff sockpuppet

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I promise i am the real deal not AI but in the scheme of things none of it matters cause those that can comprehend are but soft meatbags easily exstinguised, ahh i was told that from someone called ak-47 or maybe another number?
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As the text explains, the software would require licenses for 50 users with 10 personas each, for a total of 500. These personas would have to be "replete with background , history, supporting details, and cyber presences that are technically, culturally and geographacilly consistent."

It continues, noting the need for secure virtual private networks that randomize the operator's Internet protocol (IP) address, making it impossible to detect that it's a single person orchestrating all these posts. Another entry calls for static IP address management for each persona, making it appear as though each fake person was consistently accessing from the same computer each time.

The contract also sought methods to anonymously establish virtual private servers with private hosting firms in specific geographic locations. This would allow that server's "geosite" to be integrated with their social media profiles, effectively gaming geolocation services.

 Quoting: Lost Patriot



Just when I thought I had heard it all.

....NOW WE HAVE.....


propa DRONES




OK...Trin.
How are you going to filter these VAPORWARE F*CKWADS out of the system???

Sergio.....get to work.

putin gluesniff sockpuppet
 Quoting: Burt Gummer



"And all of this is for the purposes of infiltration, data mining, and (here's the one that really worries me) ganging up on bloggers, commenters and otherwise "real" people to smear enemies and distort the truth."


[link to www.dailykos.com]


Some things never change. grnrolleyes

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Thread: PMS (Persona Management Systems) - Military Strength Supertrolls and Sockpuppetry
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Army of SOCKPUPPETS!!!! YAY
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What the deuce?!

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It's true.

If some filters are not created somehow...

EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING YOU READ ONLINE COULD BE NOTHING MORE THAN SUBVERSIVE INVENTED COUNTER-INTEL BULLSH*T.


E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G.


Hell....no need to burn books anymore with that going on.


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I just copy it here since this is pinned.

From - Thread: PMS (Persona Management Systems) - Military Strength Supertrolls and Sockpuppetry

Solicitation Number:
RTB220610
Notice Type:
Sources Sought
Synopsis:
Added: Jun 22, 2010 1:42 pm Modified: Jun 22, 2010 2:07 pmTrack Changes
0001- Online Persona Management Service. 50 User Licenses, 10 Personas per user.
Software will allow 10 personas per user, replete with background , history, supporting details, and cyber presences that are technically, culturally and geographacilly consistent. Individual applications will enable an operator to exercise a number of different online persons from the same workstation and without fear of being discovered by sophisticated adversaries. Personas must be able to appear to originate in nearly any part of the world and can interact through conventional online services and social media platforms. The service includes a user friendly application environment to maximize the user's situational awareness by displaying real-time local information.

0002- Secure Virtual Private Network (VPN). 1 each
VPN provides the ability for users to daily and automatically obtain randomly selected
IP addresses through which they can access the internet. The daily rotation of
the user s IP address prevents compromise during observation of likely or
targeted web sites or services, while hiding the existence of the operation. In
addition, may provide traffic mixing, blending the user s traffic with traffic from
multitudes of users from outside the organization. This traffic blending provides
excellent cover and powerful deniability. Anonymizer Enterprise Chameleon or equal

0003- Static IP Address Management. 50 each
Licence protects the identity of government agencies and enterprise
organizations. Enables organizations to manage their persistent online personas
by assigning static IP addresses to each persona. Individuals can perform
static impersonations, which allow them to look like the same person over time.
Also allows organizations that frequent same site/service often to easily switch IP
addresses to look like ordinary users as opposed to one organization. Anonymizer IP Mapper License or equal

0004- Virtual Private Servers, CONUS. 1 each
Provides CONUS or OCONUS points of presence locations that are setup for
each customer based on the geographic area of operations the customer is
operating within and which allow a customer?s online persona(s) to appear to
originate from. Ability to provide virtual private servers that are procured using
commercial hosting centers around the world and which are established
anonymously. Once procured, the geosite is incorporated into the network and
integrated within the customers environment and ready for use by the customer.
Unless specifically designated as shared, locations are dedicated for use by
each customer and never shared among other customers. Anonymizer Annual Dedicated CONUS Light Geosite or equal

0005- Virtual Private Servers, OCONUS. 8 Each
Provides CONUS or OCONUS points of presence locations that are setup for
each customer based on the geographic area of operations the customer is
operating within and which allow a customer?s online persona(s) to appear to
originate from. Ability to provide virtual private servers that are procured using
commercial hosting centers around the world and which are established
anonymously. Once procured, the geosite is incorporated into the network and
integrated within the customers environment and ready for use by the customer.
Unless specifically designated as shared, locations are dedicated for use by
each customer and never shared among other customers. Anonymizer Annual Dedicated OCONUS Light Geosite or equal

0006- Remote Access Secure Virtual Private Network. 1 each
Secure Operating Environment provides a reliable and protected computing
environment from which to stage and conduct operations. Every session uses a
clean Virtual Machine (VM) image. The solution is accessed through sets of
Virtual Private Network (VPN) devices located at each Customer facility. The
fully-managed VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) is an environment that allows
users remote access from their desktop into a VM. Upon session termination,
the VM is deleted and any virus, worm, or malicious software that the user inadvertently downloaded is destroyed. Anonymizer Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Solution or equal.

Contracting Office Address:
2606 Brown Pelican Ave.
MacDill AFB, Florida 33621-5000
United States

Place of Performance:
Performance will be at MacDIll AFB, Kabul, Afghanistan and Baghdad, Iraq.
MacDill AFB , Florida 33679
United States
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OP here, showing you how easy it is.
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amazing, and I think it is something we have all suspected...

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Shit, I really am a bot.
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Name that software please....
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OP here, showing you how easy it is.
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 Quoting: ScrumpTheTexan



It's true.

If some filters are not created somehow...

EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING YOU READ ONLINE COULD BE NOTHING MORE THAN SUBVERSIVE INVENTED COUNTER-INTEL BULLSH*T.


E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G.


Hell....no need to burn books anymore with that going on.


:serfdomrd:
 Quoting: Burt Gummer


I think we're at a time in history where no tech 'information filter' can be trusted... just the one between our ears.

I've got a default filter that's a coupla thousand years old...

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Love it!

A 'story' based on an unsubstantiated blog, with a follow up blog entry 'validating' the earlier blog entry...

Now THAT is some serious doom!

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nice catch...5 stars times 10...50 Stars!
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EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING YOU READ ONLINE COULD BE NOTHING MORE THAN SUBVERSIVE INVENTED COUNTER-INTEL BULLSH*T.


E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G.

 Quoting: Burt Gummer


It's right on wikipedia.

Deep packet inspection

[link to en.wikipedia.org]
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Yes, that software works great. It's really fun to use.
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Name that software please....
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It's all done through these folks:
[link to www.hbgary.com]

I'm sure you are familiar with them, no?
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Damn, A Pin??

Sweet... I can die now, my life is complete..


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