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US Army Sees Twitter As Possible Terrorist "Operation Tool"
Mike writes "A draft US Army intelligence report has identified the popular micro-blogging service Twitter as a potential terrorist tool. A chapter titled 'Potential for Terrorist Use of Twitter' notes that Twitter members reported the July Los Angeles earthquake faster than news outlets and activists at the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis used it to provide information on police movements. 'Twitter is already used by some members to post and/or support extremist ideologies and perspectives,' the report said. The report goes on to say, 'Terrorists could theoretically use Twitter social networking in the US as an operation tool.' Just wait until the Army finds out about chat rooms and email!"
Go sit in the corner. If it's taken them THIS long to realize that the internet is nothing but a gigantic communications tool... geez....
Maybe if you define terror as "really, really irritating."
Aide-toi, le Ciel t'aidera - Jeanne D'Arc.
- Buying explosives. Thanks tom! :D
- Shaping explosvies.
- Milling bomb casing.
- Filling bomb casing.
- Rigging fuse. Hehe I made the + terminal blue instead of RED! That'll get'em!
- Putting bomb in suitcase. This new Ralph Lauren suitcase design is DYNOMITE!
- Getting in car. We sould really put some Al-Qaeda funds into something better than an 92 GeoMetro. This thing sucks.
- Leaving on Airplane. Phone off! ByeBye for now! Don't want to crash plane.
- Landed! The big apple awaits!
- Picked up food at McDonalds on third street. Mmmmmm McFlurry goodness.
- Bomb planted on 5th and James. They should make larger trashcans. Those things are TINY!1!
- Bored. Waiting at Starbucks. Prices are insane!
I know he supposedly has a lot of sockpuppets, but calling Twitter a possible terrorist operation tool is a bit much, isn't it?
If this story is alleging that twitter is useful for something, then I call bullshit on the whole thing.
They were enthusiasts while it was still underground, and would be disappointed to see it going mainstream.
Surely this list is an enumeration of ALL communication possibilities? Twitter has communication possibility, therefore deserves to be on the list amongst:
* Smoke signals
* Pigeon Carriers
* Coded Letters
* Invisible Ink Letters
* Text Messages
* Mobile Phone Calls
* Emails
* Slashdot posts
* Twitter
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Never have I been so sincere in saying this, but: I wish I had mod points.
Aide-toi, le Ciel t'aidera - Jeanne D'Arc.
We finally have an excuse to ban Twitter and send him and his sockpuppets to Gitmo!
Knowledge is power. Knowledge shared is power lost.
I wonder which will happen first...the FBI will break into your house and beat you till you admit you are a terrorist, or the terrorists you work with will bust into your house and beat you for leaking their code onto the internet. Either way, I'd take some Advil, cause you are going to have a killer of a headache in a little while.
It's currently modded insightful, flamebait and underrated. So the would-be theorists are going to send a suicide bomber to the subway and then disband?
Scratches head. Doh, I was aiming for "get a life, don't be a terrorist", but go understand /. moderators. Maybe they *are* a terrorist communications unit, after all...
In related news pencil and paper have been found having potential for terrorist use