Comments on: Twittering to Terrorists http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/twittering-to-terrorists/ Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:05:15 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Pajamas Media » Obama’s Inevitable Crackberry Withdrawal http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/twittering-to-terrorists/comment-page-1/#comment-154256 Pajamas Media » Obama’s Inevitable Crackberry Withdrawal Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:20:39 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=37493#comment-154256 [...] not just the content of his emails that can be revealing: as I discussed in my recent article about the security risks of using Twitter, there is another kind of intelligence gathering, called traffic analysis, in which the mere fact [...] [...] not just the content of his emails that can be revealing: as I discussed in my recent article about the security risks of using Twitter, there is another kind of intelligence gathering, called traffic analysis, in which the mere fact [...]

]]> By: ron c http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/twittering-to-terrorists/comment-page-1/#comment-142470 ron c Sun, 02 Nov 2008 19:19:18 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=37493#comment-142470 In WW2 the slogan ws "A slip of the lip can sink a ship", so the world has not changed. We in the world need to remind ourselves that a WAR is going on. In WW2 the slogan ws “A slip of the lip can sink a ship”, so the world has not changed.

We in the world need to remind ourselves that a WAR is going on.

]]> By: Mike http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/twittering-to-terrorists/comment-page-1/#comment-142008 Mike Sun, 02 Nov 2008 01:58:26 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=37493#comment-142008 I'm quite sure the Wired people "get it." This is a typical OTT knee-jerk reaction by the government. Not including any sort of operational details in open source communications is common sense. No dates, times, locations etc etc. Terrorists can and will use all forms of media/com. They could pass messages through the comments section of pajamasmedia. Shall we close down pajamasmedia? Sorry, but that's just the price you pay for living in a free and open society. It's a risk that we will just have to deal with. Do you think the Soviets didn't use The Washington Post to pass info? Of course we could turn everything in 1984, but then we'd be doing the terrorists work for them. No thanks. I’m quite sure the Wired people “get it.” This is a typical OTT knee-jerk reaction by the government. Not including any sort of operational details in open source communications is common sense. No dates, times, locations etc etc.

Terrorists can and will use all forms of media/com. They could pass messages through the comments section of pajamasmedia. Shall we close down pajamasmedia?

Sorry, but that’s just the price you pay for living in a free and open society. It’s a risk that we will just have to deal with. Do you think the Soviets didn’t use The Washington Post to pass info?

Of course we could turn everything in 1984, but then we’d be doing the terrorists work for them. No thanks.

]]> By: jvon http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/twittering-to-terrorists/comment-page-1/#comment-141774 jvon Sat, 01 Nov 2008 17:09:24 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=37493#comment-141774 Wired is half right. The government's knee-jerk reaction to new technology is to try to regulate it because it might pose a security threat. As far as they attempt to do that, they will be ridiculed, and rightly so. However, I'm glad people inside the military are considering the uses of Twitter and other similar services. If they are not being used already, they will be. Wired is half right. The government’s knee-jerk reaction to new technology is to try to regulate it because it might pose a security threat. As far as they attempt to do that, they will be ridiculed, and rightly so.

However, I’m glad people inside the military are considering the uses of Twitter and other similar services. If they are not being used already, they will be.

]]> By: fred http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/twittering-to-terrorists/comment-page-1/#comment-141461 fred Sat, 01 Nov 2008 02:42:50 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=37493#comment-141461 What is disturbing is not the potential use of this technology to the enemy. Eventually he's going to adapt too. That is the nature of warfare. The trick is to be more adaptive and innovative than the enemy is. So, you are always striving to get up the curve faster than he is. That's dependent upon your resources and brain power. What is disturbing is the irreverent and flip attitude of the Wired people. They just don't "get it." As with so many in the West since the beginning of the contemporary recrudescence of Islamic jihad when the Soviets kick-started the PLO and helped the Muslim Brotherhood, there is a disturbing lack of appreciation of the determination and fanaticism of the revival of Muhammad's project, now 1,400 years extant. Those who do not respect their enemies do not respect themselves. What is disturbing is not the potential use of this technology to the enemy. Eventually he’s going to adapt too. That is the nature of warfare. The trick is to be more adaptive and innovative than the enemy is. So, you are always striving to get up the curve faster than he is. That’s dependent upon your resources and brain power.

What is disturbing is the irreverent and flip attitude of the Wired people. They just don’t “get it.” As with so many in the West since the beginning of the contemporary recrudescence of Islamic jihad when the Soviets kick-started the PLO and helped the Muslim Brotherhood, there is a disturbing lack of appreciation of the determination and fanaticism of the revival of Muhammad’s project, now 1,400 years extant.

Those who do not respect their enemies do not respect themselves.

]]> By: Joshua http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/twittering-to-terrorists/comment-page-1/#comment-141460 Joshua Sat, 01 Nov 2008 02:33:43 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=37493#comment-141460 #4: Or better yet, use fake twitter to lead the enemy to walk into an ambush we set up for them. #4: Or better yet, use fake twitter to lead the enemy to walk into an ambush we set up for them.

]]> By: Harry I Brown http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/twittering-to-terrorists/comment-page-1/#comment-141412 Harry I Brown Sat, 01 Nov 2008 01:15:02 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=37493#comment-141412 Why can't we flood the enemy with phony twitter (disinformation). Then they will have a hard time separating the good stuff from the junk. I have been watching many documentaries on The Military Channel about how brilliantly the British duped the Nazi's in WW2. Even as late as D-Day+30, Hitler was still not convinced that the Normandy operation was not a deception to lure his defenses away from the real invasion sites at Pas-de-Calais and/or Norway (Operation "Fortitude"). Stalin almost never believed the accurate information that the British and Americans were feeding him until we started transmitting it to him through his spy network in Europe. Then he believed it. I assume we are doing similar things with our present enemies, so why worry so much about "twitter"? Why can’t we flood the enemy with phony twitter (disinformation). Then they will have a hard time separating the good stuff from the junk.
I have been watching many documentaries on The Military Channel about how brilliantly the British duped the Nazi’s in WW2. Even as late as D-Day+30, Hitler was still not convinced that the Normandy operation was not a deception to lure his defenses away from the real invasion sites at Pas-de-Calais and/or Norway (Operation “Fortitude”).
Stalin almost never believed the accurate information that the British and Americans were feeding him until we started transmitting it to him through his spy network in Europe. Then he believed it.
I assume we are doing similar things with our present enemies, so why worry so much about “twitter”?

]]> By: Jor the plumber http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/twittering-to-terrorists/comment-page-1/#comment-141401 Jor the plumber Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:49:07 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=37493#comment-141401 A really good scanner can get your phone conversation. If your phone is coldless and a cell phone. A really good scanner can get your phone conversation. If your phone is coldless and a cell phone.

]]> By: Andrew Ian Dodge http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/twittering-to-terrorists/comment-page-1/#comment-140742 Andrew Ian Dodge Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:40:57 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=37493#comment-140742 If we were paranoid about terrorists using it we would only use cans & string between houses. Expect any technological development to be abused in the wrong hands...its a given. If we were paranoid about terrorists using it we would only use cans & string between houses. Expect any technological development to be abused in the wrong hands…its a given.

]]> By: Kevin http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/twittering-to-terrorists/comment-page-1/#comment-140677 Kevin Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:38:20 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=37493#comment-140677 Every form of communication is ALSO used to feed the enemy a lot of misinformation. Every form of communication is ALSO used to feed the enemy a lot of misinformation.

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