Do You Like Online Privacy? You May Be a Terrorist

[TalkingDog]

http://publicintelligence.net/do-you-like-online-privacy-you-may-be-a-terrorist/

A flyer designed by the FBI and the Department of Justice to promote suspicious activity reporting in internet cafes lists basic tools used for online privacy as potential signs of terrorist activity. The document, part of a program called “Communities Against Terrorism”, lists the use of “anonymizers, portals, or other means to shield IP address” as a sign that a person could be engaged in or supporting terrorist activity. The use of encryption is also listed as a suspicious activity along with steganography, the practice of using “software to hide encrypted data in digital photos” or other media. In fact, the flyer recommends that anyone “overly concerned about privacy” or attempting to “shield the screen from view of others” should be considered suspicious and potentially engaged in terrorist activities.

Logging into an account associated with a residential internet service provider (such as Comcast or AOL), an activity that could simply indicate that you are on a trip, is also considered a suspicious activity. Viewing any content related to “military tactics” including manuals or “revolutionary literature” is also considered a potential indicator of terrorist activity. This would mean that viewing a number of websites, including the one you are on right now, could be construed by a hapless employee as an highly suspicious activity potentially linking you to terrorism.

[Demeter]

1. The Government Would Have a Lot Fewer Terrorists

if it would stop provoking people with its illegal violence and crime and kangaroo courts....originally restricted to "foreigners", but now even the native-born are fair game.

Oh, and Constitution and habeas corpus destruction....and the end to the rule of law...I forgot to mention those.