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Tuesday, April 27, 2004
Is Big Brother spying on your blog? If he's not, apparently, he will be.
Some blogs are whimsical and deal with "soft" subjects. Others, though, are cutting edge in delivering information and opinion.
As a result, some analysts say U.S. intelligence and law enforcement officials might be starting to track blogs for important bits of information. This interest is a sign of how far Web media such as blogs have come in reshaping the data-collection habits of intelligence professionals and others, even with the knowledge that the accuracy of what's reported in some blogs is questionable.
Do the Feds think that the blogosphere is a threat to them, much like the Chinese think blogs threaten them? Probably not. They want to track them "ostensibly" because they are "closer to (some) situations, and may serve as early alerts". For what? Terrorism? That's doubtful.
Blogs are mainly opinion and they will likely stay that way. Al-Qaeda surely isn't logging their exploits about the globe. I'm sure Hamas has better things to do than to comment on Amish Tech Support about how pro-Zionist the site is. More to the point, the FBI, NSA, and CIA has a lot of catching up to do if they are going to rely on blogs for their intelligence.Labels: Archives_2004
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Dave
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