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Amazon, Facebook, FBI have access to a private intelligence-sharing network

Amazon, Facebook, FBI have access to a private intelligence-sharing network

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Comments (56)

  • tinix
    > All suspicious activity reported must be behavior based. It is important to keep in mind that suspicious behavior, such as taking photographs or videos, is not a criminal act by itself, but may be a precursor to criminal activity. the number of times I've been harassed by police for taking photos... even in small towns in the middle of nowhere people are paranoid.
  • aliasxneo
    > For instance, the Church of Scientology, U.S. Navy, and the Washington State Military Department told Prism that they are no longer working with the network.That first one took me by surprise. What a random hodgepodge of organizations.
  • whimsicalism
    Edited title to be more sensationalist - this is a Seattle local thing> The Seattle Shield website states that its mission “is to provide a collaborative and information-sharing environment between the Seattle Police Department and public/private partners in the Seattle area. Seattle Shield members assist Seattle Police Department efforts to identify, deter, defeat or mitigate potential acts of terrorism by reporting suspicious activity in a timely manner.”
  • jedahan
    Reminder if you work for any of these companies (not unlikely on this site) you are actively enabling this. If your first reaction is doubt, deflection, rationalization or discomfort, there are ways out.
  • zuzululu
    How bad are things in Seattle that they are resorting to this? What the hell happened to my hometown?
  • ensen
    archive that won't hijack your back button https://archive.is/Td9AR
  • codezero
    Have a look at your local branch here: https://globalshieldnetwork.com/programs-2/
  • rc_kas
    Where is the "I did that" sticker with trump pointing at this article.:(
  • booleandilemma
    Having a coalition of mega corporations all allied with each other isn't any better than having a strong government. Both are dangerous to personal liberties. I think we're due for a break up of these companies. No more Amazon, Google, Facebook, etc. We the people need to start taking power back.
  • shermantanktop
    Looks like a nothingburger? It's unfunded. An email describes a protest without giving a framing that the site would prefer. Then it turns out that nobody knows what it does, but it might do something bad.I'm all for transparency and accountability but my assumption is that the bad things being done by LEO and intelligence are far worse than this.
  • ethagnawl
    Please tell me they're using Workplace.
  • kittikitti
    As an American, I genuinely trust my data with China more than I do with the United States.
  • anon
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  • shevy-java
    Not so surprising - we kind of suspected this. Anyone remembers Snowden or Assange?We have to accept the fact that presently all democracies are merely simulation of a democracy. At the least in the USA; other countries may be a bit better, e. g. Switzerland or the scandinavian countries are somewhat better (though also not to be trusted - see how Sweden pursued Assange).Perhaps this is how things always end? Democracies are kind of like an obsolete model when you compare it to authoritarianism (assuming the USA would still be a democracy rather than a tech-corporate-fascist country run by a corrupt elite of superrich).
  • sidcool
    I'm convinced Meta is a cult with Total control. It will go to any lengths to make money.
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  • bigbuppo
    So what you're saying is that everyone that works at Amazon and Facebook are now at grave risk because the bad guys now think they're informants?
  • markus_zhang
    Ah the new dark pool. Does anyone remember those from the trading? I still remember ARCA (good rebate back in the day), ECN (very fluid and very cheap), and a few dark pools that I used to get out of a trade quickly.