Big Brother Isn't Just Watching You, He's Messaging You!

So how much fun are social network sites like Facebook, Reddit, Pinterest, Linked In etc?
Maybe not as much fun as you thought.
I've seen people accusing people of being "sock puppets" for "The Man" online for years.
But it looks like they not have been as paranoid as some thought.....


Military's 'sock puppet' software creates fake online identities to spread pro-American propaganda
"The US military is developing software that will let it secretly manipulate social media sites by using fake online personas to influence internet conversations and spread pro-American propaganda."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/mar/17/us-spy-operation-social-networks

CNET learns the FBI is quietly pushing its plan to force surveillance backdoors on social networks, VoIP, and Web e-mail providers, and that the bureau is asking Internet companies not to oppose a law making those backdoors mandatory.
"The FBI is asking Internet companies not to oppose a controversial proposal that would require firms, including Microsoft, Facebook, Yahoo, and Google, to build in backdoors for government surveillance."
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57428067-83/fbi-we-need-wiretap-ready-web-sites-now/

Of course a lot of people believe this is just TPTB going public with what they have been doing for years.
And you know, that doesn't sound too crazy now does it?
Isn't it cool when conspiracy theories turn out to be true?

Big Brother and Spy Satellites

I was reading "The Being"'s last post and something in it made me think of something else.
"actually it turned out that ALL OF SOCIETY was filmed and still is and for the most part, most of society does not even know...they call this secret filming by the government Big Brother...and yes, it is quite real and all things are filmed...without your consent or knowledge!"
I went looking and found this......

Satellites Spy on Washington from on High
Washington, D.C., home of the CIA, National Security Administration (NSA) and FBI, is a well-known haven for spies and surveillance. But new satellite pictures of the White House, Washington Monument and Jefferson Memorial show these government agencies aren't the only ones watching and being watched.
These latest images from Dulles, Va., satellite-imaging company, GeoEye, are among the first to be collected by the GeoEye 1, a satellite launched into polar orbit on September 6 that can "see" objects on Earth as small as 16 inches (0.41 meter) in size in black-and-white mode or 64.6 inches (1.64 meters) in color. Images from the GeoEye 1, which stands 20 feet (6.1 meters) high and weighs more than 4,300 pounds (1,950 kilograms), so impressed Google that the Internet search giant plans to add the satellite's high-resolution, digital color photos to Google Earth next month.
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=spying-washington-from-satellite

Now I have had a couple of friends that worked in different branches of military intelligence.
( I know, I know, that's an oxymoron)
Anyway, they all told me that whatever technology the goverment admits to having, you can figure they are really about 10 to 20 years beyond that.