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JoYo ( JoYo@lemmy.ml )  to Fediverse@lemmy.ml · 3 years ago

For my Fediversery, a reminder that NSA and CIA were probably on the fedi before you were

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For my Fediversery, a reminder that NSA and CIA were probably on the fedi before you were

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JoYo ( JoYo@lemmy.ml )  to Fediverse@lemmy.ml · 3 years ago
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The NSA's 'Twitter For Spies' Has Over 60,000 Users
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Data obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request reveals just how popular the NSA's social network for spies called eChirp really is.
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  • n7gifmdn ( n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca ) 
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    No way man, I was on identi.ca

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      was surprised to learn I technically still am, and password recovery even worked after >10 years since previous log in, and I hear rumors the original dev is back and will be releasing integrated support with ActivityPub this summer.

    • JoYo ( JoYo@lemmy.ml ) OP
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      eChirp is a fork of identica, did you read the article?

      the original identi.ca devs are all active with the activity pub protocol project.

      • n7gifmdn ( n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca ) 
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        it was supposed to be humerus.

      • n7gifmdn ( n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca ) 
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        all I was saying that I’ve probably been on the 'verse longer than the feds

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          I upvoted and was just including context.

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          I was also on identi.ca, https://web.archive.org/web/20090923173224/identi.ca/xyc0

  • The Doctor ( drwho@lemmy.ml ) 
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    NSA? Yes. CIA? Probably not. They don’t have that kind of imagination. c.f., the internal parody of The Hunt for Red October they declassified about a decade ago.

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      fair, I think JWICS was for DoD only.

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        I don’t think JWICS is DoD only. In theory, any TLA or FLA that handles TS material, has a SCIF and a local JWICS LAN can’t be hooked into the rest of the JWICS network.

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          I thought NSA had a completely different one called Tapioca. /shrug

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            It wouldn’t surprise me. The definitely have a need for their own entirely separate network.

  • casey is remote ( realcaseyrollins@social.freetalklive.com ) 
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    @JoYo I’m not seeing anything in the article linking #eChirp to the #Fediverse

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      it was a fork of identi.ca

  • nickapos ( nickapos@lemmy.ml ) 
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    Tor as well…

  • Catweazle ( Catweazle@social.vivaldi.net ) 
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    @JoYo, not only, Lemmy right now

  • Chumchum Tumtum ( fcktheworld587@social.linux.pizza ) 
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    @JoYo absolutely they would be. They gravitate towards fringe gatherings, partially because that’s where radicalisation generally occurs

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      That’s DHS.

    • OsrsNeedsF2P ( OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml ) 
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      And then they encourage it to fester so they can claim a larger budget

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