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Abundant tweets about civil liberties & national security. "Has a longer memory than an elephant & keeps more records than Jim Comey.” Legendary potty mouth.

Grand Rapids, MI
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    emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Jun 23

    emptywheel Retweeted Caroline O.

    What could go wrong.https://twitter.com/rvawonk/status/1010288955101712386 …

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    Caroline O. @RVAwonk
    NEW: Facebook has hired a team of ex-intelligence officers, researchers, and media buyers to "find the worst possible things that can be done using Facebook, and to help the company prevent them." https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexkantrowitz/facebook-hired-a-team-of-ex-intel-officers-researchers-and?utm_term=.ysABm965W …
    8:25 AM - 23 Jun 2018
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    18 replies 93 retweets 255 likes
      1. MJR jnr‏ @onetruebritt Jun 23
        Replying to @emptywheel

        pic.twitter.com/Tn4M2gi4lL

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      1. Derek B. Johnson‏ @DerekDoesTech Jun 23
        Replying to @emptywheel

        So basically "What were you guys working on before you left?"

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      1. Throw out the GOP‏ @Lycenae Jun 23
        Replying to @emptywheel

        At least they are waking up to the fact that their platform is one of the most effective tools for mass manipulation ever constructed. I cannot fault them for taking action, given that they will never put their product into the public domain.

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      1. CodeTalker‏ @CodeTalker Jun 23
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Three words: "data" + "highest bidder"

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      1. rb‏ @twitingmachine Jun 23
        Replying to @emptywheel

        They'll remove the word "prevent" like Google removed its slogan "do no evil".

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      2. Slats Henry‏ @SlatsHenry Jun 23
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Or turn them into marketable services.

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      1. WELCOME TO MANISTAN‏ @HollyCareBear Jun 23
        Replying to @emptywheel

        FB is a US IC cutout.

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      1. jon rome‏ @VapidHandle Jun 23
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Yeah, I have ZERO issue with extensive threat modeling, FB isnt going anywhere, might as well form a redoubt.

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      1. Jackiej1954‏ @Jackiej19541 Jun 23
        Replying to @emptywheel @bannerite

        😂😂😂

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      1. Jim Benischeck‏ @JBenischeck Jun 23
        Replying to @emptywheel @AJVicens

        Sounds like good red teaming

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      1. $1.50/carton‏ @ewmda Jun 23
        Replying to @emptywheel

        so now they choose to get into the moral judgments game

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      1. sarahlandon‏ @sarahlandon Jun 23
        Replying to @emptywheel

        What could go wrong? 😮

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      1. Ben‏ @Boingphoto Jun 23
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Tiger teams are a good useful thing but yeah, the precedents aren’t good :/

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      1. Christopher Franko  🧐‏ @FrankoCurrency Jun 23
        Replying to @emptywheel @SheldonRichman

        inb4 the thought police

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      1. James DeSarno‏ @j_desarno Jun 23
        Replying to @emptywheel

        *prevent them from being discovered.

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      1. ol' bolsh, a subsidiary of the disney company  🌹‏ @mostlybolshie Jun 23
        Replying to @emptywheel

        tbf, would you rather they *not* think about this

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