BOP
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What could possibly go wrong? Hint: none of the alphabet agencies has any clue when it comes to surveilling foreign entities. Frankly, they suck at it; they've always sucked at it, which is why they've always spied on American citizens. It's a lot less work. Cf. "Spooks: The Haunting of America : The Private Use of Secret Agents," Jim Hougan (1978)
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Jokes about the FBI watching your every move through webcams are about to get a little more real. The Bureau just signed a $27 million contract to use Babel X, AI-powered software that trawls social media for specific content. It’s exactly the kind of surveillance software privacy activists are constantly warning the public about.
The contract, which includes 5,000 licenses for Babel X, began on March 30, The Washington Post reports. About $5 million of the FBI’s contract will be paid out during the first year of the contract.
Also:
The FBI estimates its thousands of licenses will be able to run about 20,000 keyword searches every month. If there’s even a semblance of silver lining here, it’s that the FBI has only requested that publicly available information be searchable by its licenses; the Bureau says this process won’t be “intrusive” since it’s all available on the web anyway.
Yeah, and I've got some land with a bridge on it for sale if you believe that.
The FBI is investing millions in social media surveillance software
Babel X will conduct about 20,000 keyword searches every month on platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Jokes about the FBI watching your every move through webcams are about to get a little more real. The Bureau just signed a $27 million contract to use Babel X, AI-powered software that trawls social media for specific content. It’s exactly the kind of surveillance software privacy activists are constantly warning the public about.
The contract, which includes 5,000 licenses for Babel X, began on March 30, The Washington Post reports. About $5 million of the FBI’s contract will be paid out during the first year of the contract.
Also:
The FBI estimates its thousands of licenses will be able to run about 20,000 keyword searches every month. If there’s even a semblance of silver lining here, it’s that the FBI has only requested that publicly available information be searchable by its licenses; the Bureau says this process won’t be “intrusive” since it’s all available on the web anyway.
Yeah, and I've got some land with a bridge on it for sale if you believe that.