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7/15/2014 9:09:45 AM
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GCHQ's hands are just as dirty as the NSA's
The GCHQ is the UK's equivalent of the NSA for those who don't know, and what they've been up to is [url=http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jul/14/gchq-tools-manipulate-online-information-leak]pretty -blam!-ing despicable[/url].
[quote]The UK intelligence agency GCHQ has developed sophisticated tools to manipulate online polls, spam targets with SMS messages, track people by impersonating spammers and monitor social media postings, according to newly-published documents leaked by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.[/quote]
[quote]Among the programs revealed in the document are:
• GATEWAY: the "ability to artificially increase traffic to a website".
• CLEAN SWEEP which "masquerade[s] Facebook wall posts for individuals or entire countries".
• SCRAPHEAP CHALLENGE for "perfect spoofing of emails from BlackBerry targets".
• UNDERPASS to "change outcome of online polls".
• SPRING BISHOP to find "private photos of targets on Facebook".[/quote]
[quote]The document also details a range of programs designed to collect and store public postings from Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Google+, and to make automated postings on several of the social networks.[/quote]
[quote]Capabilities to boost views of YouTube videos, or to boost the circulation of particular messages are also detailed.[/quote]
[quote]GCHQ has also, the document suggests, developed capabilities to scan and geolocate the IPs of entire cities at a time.[/quote]
I'm sure I don't need to go on a rant about the ramifications of organisations manipulating the flow and integrity of information for you to see how this is a pretty big deal.
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Difference is that GCHQ doesn't have the same ability to monitor the entire planet's internet
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6 RepliesEdited by lonepaul2441: 7/15/2014 9:43:39 AMSo lets see. GATEWAY: Send a link to 4chan to a cat site, or Reddit to a dying person doing charity. Clean Sweep: Advertisements and Like group pages (If I got the meaning right, am a tad confused by what it means) Scrapheap Challange: Can pretend to be another user? My phone did that from time to time with an error. Underpass, Once again 4chan, Youtube fans and Reddit do that on a daily basis. Spring Bishop, Tinyeye does the exact same thing. I understand what they are doing or can do is bad but come on, the internet does all of the above every single day. Also if it is so bad, where are the UK whistle blowers? They may have the technology but if they are legal then whats the problem? The NSA is doing illegal stuff and because of that 2 people came out blew the lid off it. Edward Snowden probably doesn't know what the protocals for GCHQ are. Just playing devils advocate here by the way.
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I think this is worse than the NSA man
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3 RepliesHuh, I was actually thinking about making a post about this yesterday, thanks for saving me the trouble, Daz ^.^ OT: Yea, we haven't seen the UK complaining very much about the NSA, and likely because they benefit so much from the two intel organizations working together.
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Okay nobody -blam!-ing cares anymore unfortunately. I'm just waiting for the report that states that we've been collaborating with Chinese and the Russians to spy on other citizens. Then we'll all wake up and realize that it's already too late, privacy is gone.
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The FRA (I think that's what it's called) here in Sweden have shared data with NSA, if I recall correctly. I don't know if they're still doing it.
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4 RepliesI'd say their hands are dirtier.
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*gasp* you mean other developed nations have agencies that are also manipulating data and tracking citizens without cause? Why am I not surprised? I bet that the UK isn't spying on America with whatever means at their disposal, such honorable countries wouldn't dare.
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Amateurs
