Digital Guerrilla Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 Could the popular website Facebook be set up by the CIA. This video clip includes who has money in it, its origins (including US government offices) and their privacy policies and terms of agreement which state they can use and profit from any of the information you post on the site. You can watch it here......Does what happens in the Facebook stay in the Facebook? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunenewt Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 I don't know if I'd go that far, but I certainly don't put as much information on FB as some other people do. I never put my address or phone number on there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Guerrilla Posted February 6, 2010 Author Share Posted February 6, 2010 Quick disclaimer: I am not a conspiracy nut job. I just find it interesting how the CIA is suppose to be in everything but a lone bomber on a terror watch list is almost able to blow a plane out of the sky. If the CIA is profiling people on Facebook maybe they should be reassigned and quit wasting time with fun loving Facebook users it is a bad idea and just sooooooo unfair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Guerrilla Posted February 6, 2010 Author Share Posted February 6, 2010 I don't know if I'd go that far, but I certainly don't put as much information on FB as some other people do. I never put my address or phone number on there.That is the part I never understand with people but they continue to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 I doubt the CIA put it up, but I'm sure it makes their jobs a lot easier when terrorists are putting all their social activities on there. I really wouldn't be surprised if the CIA had some fake apps up to legally collect info from users (no one reads the terms of service).People who play farmville are idiots.Especially the ones who join groups to get "free" stuff if they invite all their friends. One group I saw last night, used a bit.ly link to point to a website where they were selling a farmville book for $40. Lots of scammers and really stupid people on facebook. Sadly this generation doesn't seem to learn their lessons either.The worst part is when their computers get infected and your email address was in their account (maybe I sent them an email or something) which then of course gets added to spam lists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Guerrilla Posted February 6, 2010 Author Share Posted February 6, 2010 Did you watch the video? I really feel it is a good attempt at propaganda but I could be wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiyouta Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 There is the opinion that conspiracy theories are themselves generated by governments to put over an air that they are more all-knowing and all-powerful than they really are. This could be an example of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragoon Knight Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 There is the opinion that conspiracy theories are themselves generated by governments to put over an air that they are more all-knowing and all-powerful than they really are. This could be an example of that.Conspiracy theories being a conspiracy theory? I love it. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Wow, that's hardcore ... if you have a friend that's prone to conspiracy theory obsession, then you need to tell him that. Only be sure to say that it's not because the government wants to seem more powerful than it actually is, but it's to discredit the people who know the Truth ahead of time so that the state can continue it's nefarious experimentation with alien devices on the unknowing public. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandChigger Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Quick disclaimer: I am not a conspiracy nut job.Yes, you are. You are the epitome of the type.I thought your username rang a bell, so I just had a quick look back through your posts and found this thread, about 9/11: http://forum.dune2k.com/index.php?topic=21052.0How have things been there in LaLaLande? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edric O Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Chigger: The quality of discussion would be higher, and you would be making a better use of your time, if you refrained from going through people's post histories for the sole purpose of finding reasons to insult them.But yes, this is just another conspiracy theory, and it's even more ridiculous than most. Why on Earth would the CIA want to set up a website to collect personal information from millions and millions of random people? The chances of finding a "terrorist" (or whoever you're looking for) by reading endless Facebook data are about the same as the chances of bumping into that person on the street. The CIA would need to employ the population of an entire country just to read everyone's Facebook profiles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandChigger Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 The quality of discussion would be a bit higher if you did a bit more to nip wingnut threads in the bud. The past behavior of the OP is relevant in that he has a history of starting at least one other conspiracy theory thread here.And how I use my time is my business, thank you very much. If my posts violate a guideline, delete them and/or warn me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunenewt Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 The quality of discussion would be a bit higher if you did a bit more to nip wingnut threads in the bud. The past behavior of the OP is relevant in that he has a history of starting at least one other conspiracy theory thread here.Where would the fun in that be?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 The past behavior of the OP is relevant in that he has a history of starting at least one other conspiracy theory thread here.To be fair, we did apply this doctrine to Hwi in the past without complaint... but I suppose in that case, she had just recently started the same debate she hoped to rekindle. Here, I don't take as much offense to him starting another thread of the same type: especially since it's at least a different conspiracy theory. He may be dishonest about his interest in conspiracy theories, but that's no reason to hang a man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandChigger Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 Either way, Edric has already shot this one down by pointing out the <b>practical impossibility</b> of the CIA being capable of analyzing the data obtained.(And how did you know I was thinking of Hwi when I wrote that? :D ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 Oh, crap, I meant Digital Guerrilla. What did I say?No, that's certainly true: even if the CIA set it up, there's no way they could use it. Even then, they'd have to have fabricated the entire, very public identity of Mark Zuckerberg and everyone who works at facebook. Next thing you know, Tucker Max will be a ploy to reign in potential sex offenders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athanasios Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 The CIA would need to employ the population of an entire country just to read everyone's Facebook profiles.I don't think so. They could use software.Wow, that's hardcore ... if you have a friend that's prone to conspiracy theory obsession, then you need to tell him that...I won't. Maybe he is hired by the government. :D ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandChigger Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Even if they had supercomputers dedicated to the task, at some point human agents would have to go through and make decisions on the red flags thrown up by the software, no? Doesn't exactly seem possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athanasios Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 ... no? Don't expect an answer from me. I really cannot tell if it is possible or not, and if I ever get hired by CIA I won't tell you either! :D ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Guerrilla Posted February 11, 2010 Author Share Posted February 11, 2010 The OP disagrees with SandChigger. I have no past behavior that suggests anything except I have made past posts. The threads are about conspiracy NOT if I believe in either of the conspiracies. I have made other posts....... http://forum.dune2k.com/index.php?topic=22194.msg349384#msg349384 .....but none received your witty satire. I read the rules for the forum but I can not find any Fed2k offense that I have committed. _=Shrugs=_ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandChigger Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 Oh, well, I guess you told me. :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 So apparently some people just get to facebook by typing "facebook" into addressbarYesterday google top ranked redirected people to a blog here.Read the comments for LOL time. So many dumb people who should not be using a computer.If you want to keep stupid people stupid, promote the google result for that blog. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandChigger Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 Ha ha! LOVE it. :)By the way...Anyone else been waiting for spazelord to show up in this thread? :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunenewt Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 So apparently some people just get to facebook by typing "facebook" into addressbarYesterday google top ranked redirected people to a blog here.Read the comments for LOL time. So many dumb people who should not be using a computer.If you want to keep stupid people stupid, promote the google result for that blog. :DI do this quite often, but I'd never get confused like those people have done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 The feds turn to social networks to fight crime, hoping that tweet will give them a jailbirdHow Privacy Vanishes OnlineMySpace To Sell User DataIf you have myspace account they just sold your info to the highest bidder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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