or JUST reading your emails do you?
of course not! they're watching your tweets and reading your blog too. none of that is surprising or news. i knew that and i'm not well informed (usually). what i DIDN'T KNOW is they're going after my amazon history? dang, i don't write reviews at amazon (too lazy) but i sure do use amazon a lot
Exclusive: U.S. Spies Buy Stake in Firm That Monitors Blogs, Tweets
By Noah Shachtman
America’s spy agencies want to read your blog posts, keep track of your Twitter updates — even check out your book reviews on Amazon.
In-Q-Tel, the investment arm of the CIA and the wider intelligence community, is putting cash into Visible Technologies, a software firm that specializes in monitoring social media. It’s part of a larger movement within the spy services to get better at using ”open source intelligence” — information that’s publicly available, but often hidden in the flood of TV shows, newspaper articles, blog posts, online videos and radio reports generated every day....
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So one day I will have to explain to the federal government why I purchased so many Jack Benny DVDs over the years. Bastards!!
and me with ALL of those knitting (and crafting) books AND of course my
ealing studios comedy collection (including passport to pimlico) and we can't forget the copy of pee-wee's christmas special i ordered. oh i could go on and on but i don't wish to involve YOU, an innocent dear lemmy!
I don't think they'll need to have anything explained, because that's what the profiling software is for.
but they'll need someone to 'splain the software to them.
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