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New US Government Project To Monitor Electronic Communication

Posted by samzenpus on from the unseen-mechanized-eye dept.

An anonymous reader writes "PRODIGAL (Proactive Discovery of Insider Threats Using Graph Analysis and Learning) is a recently uncovered U.S. government program created in partnership with the Georgia Tech School of Computational Science and Engineering, ostensibly to monitor IMs, texts, and emails on government networks, is feared to be turned on the U.S. population at large. From the article: 'Cherie Anderson runs a travel company in southern California, and she's convinced the federal government is reading her emails. But she's all right with that. "I assume it's part of the Patriot Act and I really don't mind," she says. "I figure I'm probably boring them to death."'"

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  1. First post! by GameboyRMH · · Score: 4, Funny

    First entry into PRODIGAL database!

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    "When information is power, privacy is freedom" - Jah-Wren Ryel
  2. Re:Encrypt by Neutral_Observer · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have been working on an application that makes this easy for every... hold on, someone is at the door.... ****carrier lost****

  3. She's already done for Re:wrong images by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Cherie Anderson:
    Anderson, nordic last name: aryan flag, militia flag, christian flag, racial solidarity flag

    Person match:
    Slashdot, an open techno-social resistance site: knowledge flag, ideals flag, subversion flag, networking flag, anonymous flag, hacking flag, criticism flag, hub flag, unusual interests flag
    Discovery, an unredacted popular science site: knowledge flag, inspiration flag, networking flag, science flag, news flag, hub flag, unusual interests flag
    Travel agency AB7311C2, a "prime interest" industry: owner flag, subversion flag, knowledge flag, hub flag, transportation flag, capabilities flag, insider flag, resources flag, moneylaundering flag, financial flag, offensive category 111F flag, defensive category 02B3 flag

    Quotations:
    Flagged words: Patriot Act, death
    Pattern counts: 2 "I"'s per sentence, narcissist flag

    Location:
    California: troublemaker flag, insolvency flag, social unrest flag, extremism flag

  4. I'm shocked! by PPH · · Score: 5, Funny

    My private communications should be kept between myself, my closest friends, and my sysadmin.

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    Have gnu, will travel.
  5. Re:gavel.avi by qbast · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sound of drone firing?