Guardian: Online forums are being HIJACKED by people who aren't what they seem

This forum is full of it, I posted a thread on a protest against bankers bailouts in the UK and I got a score of anti Muslim rhetoric...???

It's so obvious. I could look up something online to get some information and then all of a sudden see commercials on my dtv advertising what I was looking up online. These are commercials I have never seen before.

Woah, your cable company is really high tech!

maybe he's got one of those package deals. You know, Cable, Telephone and internet in one?

Yeah it's been posted here a few times.

It's HBGary served up by the Air Force. Here's the core of their spy tool called Qosmos (a Packet Forensics tool):

Emphasis added.

"Qosmos provides law enforcement agencies with a powerful solution to identify a target using multiple virtual IDs and intercept all related IP-based communications. Any trigger, such as a “user login = target” initiates intercept of all IP traffic related to the “target.”

Example of recognized applications and protocols VoIP Email (POP, SMTP) Webmail (Gmail, Hotmail, Live Mail, SquirrelMail, Yahoo mail, etc.) Instant Messaging (Aim, SNM, Skype, Yahoo, Google Talk, QQ, Maktoob, Paltalk, etc.) Online games (World of Warcraft) Online classified ads Audio/Video (H.323, SIP, MGCP, RTP, RTCP, MMSE, RTSP, SHOUTcast, Yahoo Video, MSN Video, SCCP, etc.) Web applications (Dailymotion, Google, eBay, Google Earth, HTTP, MySpace, Wikipedia, YouTube, etc.)

Example of information extracted Caller, phone number, called party, duration of call Webmail login, email address, sender, receiver, subject matter, attached documents Instant messaging sender, receiver, contact lists and status Forum login, IP address, MAC address, mobile ID (IMSI, IMEI) Protocols identified even for unidirectional traffic (e.g. email by satellite)."

More: [link to publicintelligence.net]

Face it though, the internet was never here for our enjoyment.

"I hope the internet was worth it." ~Anonymous

Really? I thought more people had encountered Snake Airlines before...

The real "Battlefield" is in your head...and has been for a while...

If you think going to ground war is the big leagues for a few billion bucks worth of merely cheaper oil deals then ask yourself how much selling Iphones, Spring fresh whateva, Psycho-pharma drugs etc etc is worth...every day, week, month...for years on end...and you don't need a war machine in the classic sense to do it either, which aren't all that easy to come by.

We buy 100 of millions of bottles of what mostly is bottled tap water every month...at a price that is more than double the price of gasoline in many cases...why?...because we "want" it...

It creates the next "Star"...get's the next politician elected, the next new fad, the latest and greatest "thing"...the next thing you fight against or fight for...it's where the battle for influence really is.

In my deliriously hung over state this morning, I kept thinking "it's not when you write the check, it's when you cash it that matters".

Did you get hammered on "Budwiesr..the KING of Beers"?....or was it maybe a cool refreshing adult beverage of another variety that either brought Cold Mountain refreshment or had More taste...than them other shitty brands...lol..;)

That is Pollyanna to a frick'in T

I hate polly

it's true

and the technology and diligence it takes to keep them out and level the playing field while still allowing anonymous posting is enormous

we seek true information exchange here

a forum free of these evil influences!

lol

seriously though...

:)

The real "Battlefield" is in your head...and has been for a while...

If you think going to ground war is the big leagues for a few billion bucks worth of merely cheaper oil deals then ask yourself how much selling Iphones, Spring fresh whateva, Psycho-pharma drugs etc etc is worth...every day, week, month...for years on end...and you don't need a war machine in the classic sense to do it either, which aren't all that easy to come by.

We buy 100 of millions of bottles of what mostly is bottled tap water every month...at a price that is more than double the price of gasoline in many cases...why?...because we "want" it...

It creates the next "Star"...get's the next politician elected, the next new fad, the latest and greatest "thing"...the next thing you fight against or fight for...it's where the battle for influence really is.

WHAT???



I'm probably one of the few real people here! Some of the people here and I know each other in the "real world" and I've also had off the board contact with some mods.

Give me a break, A.C. 653278.

Who the pluck are YOU?



Besides, I stick to the topic on a thread, I don't come in and start flaming another subject.

What a ding-dong thing to say. You don't even know me.

You hit that right on, SHR.

The ultimate "marketing" tool.

Only worse.

Its like the anti union shills. Those are paid shills.

Only an ignorant fool who never had to work in a factory before would be anti union.

Yes, there is corruption in unions, there is always currouption in anything. You dont throw out the baby with the bathwater.

You hit that right on, SHR.

The ultimate "marketing" tool.

Only worse.

It's prison inmates that are trolling.

Pay em $1 per day to fuck around on forums.

I don't know about that one. I am from Wisconsin and I can see, even from my friends Facebook arguments, that this issue has bitterly divided the state and the nation. The discussions on here get very heated and you can tell it's a genuine sign of emotion.

LoL how many of us true GLP TARDS have had this thought!

Lol. Why do I picture your head doing the ghetto head bob when you say, "You don't know me" lol just kidding.

Just read an article on the Guardian that is apparently blocked here about companies using armies of paid users to log onto forums and actively troll them and argue with anyone who has a negative view of what they were paid to promote. Sound familiar? I remember seeing a post a while back about the US Airforce's purchase of software to do this exact thing, but apparently companies are doing it now too.

Just google Guardian Astroturfing and it's the second link down.

You're heard about a product having "buzz on the streets" well this is a way to create "artificial buzz" and troll the people who don't like the product.

You mean i could be getting paid to do this? wait ,, only if it pays more then my unemployment !!!!!!!!!!!!!!