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Tweets of terror? Army: microblogs potential terrorist tool
Submitted by Benton Foundation on October 28, 2008 - 8:23pm
Last updated: October 28, 2008 - 8:24pm
Last updated: October 28, 2008 - 8:24pm
Source: Ars Technica
Author: Joel Hruska
TWEETS OF TERROR? ARMY: MICROBLOGS POTENTIAL TERRORIST TOOL
A recent report from the 304th Military Intelligence Battalion has raised concerns over whether a number of relatively new communication technologies might be adding terrorist forces in the field. Although it stops short of recommending any sort of formal response, the intelligence operatives behind this OSINT (open-source intelligence, also known as intelligence gathered from public sources) point out that cell phone GPS support and microblogging services like Twitter could actually be used to facilitate military attacks against United States personnel.
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