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nobbis writes "In an article entitled 'How Covert Agents Infiltrate the Internet to Manipulate, Deceive, and Destroy Reputations' Glenn Greenwald publishes training material from the Snowden archive that illustrates how GCHQ uses "cyber-offensive techniques against people who have nothing to do with terrorism or national security threats", for example against "Hacktivism".
These techniques include disseminating deception on-line and harming the reputations of their targets with a honey trap , a blog from a purported victim of the target, or 'changing their photos on social media sites'. Similarly companies are discredited by leaking of confidential information, or posting negative information on appropriate forums. The covert agents' play book includes infiltration, false flag, disruption and sting operations.
When questioned GCHQ replied "It is a longstanding policy that we do not comment on intelligence matters""
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 26 2014, @02:16AM
I'm an American and I fully support all of our government's activities. You may deride me as a "true believer" or a "shill", but that's one of the reasons I only post anonymously on stories like this. It's just too dangerous to post contrarian opinions on this topic on Slashdot or this site non-anonymously, as I've lost too much karma trying to post thought out reasoning for my position and opinion. For whatever reason the moderator group think has become gospel, and anything going against the group think is savagely modded down to -1 troll. The sad part is this opinion is a minority opinion in the USA. I'm sure I'll get marked down troll for this--hence the anonymous post--but again it's just pissing in the ocean that is the widespread popular support for our government's action.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday February 26 2014, @05:06AM
Would you care to give us a reason of why your unconditional and full support?
(I'd mod the above +"Interesting" if I wouldn't have already posted).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2, Insightful) by drgibbon on Wednesday February 26 2014, @05:44AM
I don't see too much interesting about it. All the post says is that he/she supports the government and that it's a daring position to take. And then comes "I've lost too much karma trying to post thought out reasoning for my position and opinion [...] hence the anonymous post". Ok, it's being posted anonymously, so where's the thought out reasoning?
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(Score: 1) by Darth Turbogeek on Wednesday February 26 2014, @07:46AM
Your country's activities are utterly without defence, that's why you get modded down.
My country is part of Five Eyes, but you sure as fuck wont find me defending that shitstorm. They aint protecting me with that stupidity.