Be Careful What You Tweet

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The Department of Homeland Security makes fake Twitter and Facebook profiles for the specific purpose of scanning the networks for 'sensitive' words - and tracking people who use them.

Simply using a word or phrase from the DHS's 'watch' list could mean that spies from the government read your posts, investigate your account, and attempt to identify you from it, acccording to an online privacy group.

The words which attract attention range from ones seemingly related to diseases or bioweapons such as 'human to animal' and 'outbreak' to other, more obscure words such as 'drill' and 'strain'.

The DHS also watches for words such as 'illegal immigrant'.

The DHS outlined plans to scans blogs, Twitter and Facebook for words such as 'illegal immigrant', 'outbreak', 'drill', 'strain', 'virus', 'recovery', 'deaths', 'collapse', 'human to animal' and 'trojan', according to an 'impact asssessment' document filed by the agency.

[jimlup]

1. Indeed... I suspect that the "fake" accounts are fairly extensive...

I wonder how a group like Anonymous can survive without being infiltrated? Has the government not quite caught up yet? I'm really curious what the true status of cyber "security" is and how extensive "plants" in cyberspace actually are.

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2. Tad Nelson is a creepy dude isn't he?

Remind me not to friend him!

[limpyhobbler]

3. they scan Democratic Underground too so everybody better watch what you say

just kidding

[baldguy]

7. Don't tell Agent Mike.

Hi Agent Mike! We know you're watching.



How do you like DU3?

[Renew Deal]

4. Great. You just got in trouble for posting the words 'illegal immigrant', 'outbreak', 'drill',

'strain', 'virus', 'recovery', 'deaths', 'collapse', 'human to animal' and 'trojan', according to an 'impact asssessment'

[Generic Other]

6. OMG you're right!

HUMAN TO ANIMAL???? I don't even know what that means! They are gonna spy on me for typing it?

I fear what would happen if I spoke of Santorum's "surge" or his "spurt in the polls" in the same thread!

[Fire Walk With Me]

8. "Groom Lake"

[Generic Other]

9. I should never have googled that!

I will most certainly be living on the same cellblock as you Fire!

[Fire Walk With Me]

10. Nuh-uh, =I= didn't google it!