Western spy agencies build ‘cyber magicians’ to manipulate online discourse - Polidicks

[url]http://rt.com/news/five-eyes-online-manipulation-deception-564/[/url] Secret units within the 'Five Eyes" global spying network engage in covert online operations that aim to invade, deceive, and control online communities and individuals through the spread of false information and use of ingenious social-science tactics. Such teams of highly trained professionals have several main objectives, such as “to inject all sorts of false material onto the internet” and “to use social sciences and other techniques to manipulate online discourse and activism to generate outcomes it considers desirable,” The Intercept’s Glenn Greenwald reported based on intelligence documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden. The new information comes via a document from the Joint Threat Research Intelligence Group (JTRIG) of Britain’s Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), entitled 'The Art of Deception: Training for Online Covert Operations,' which is top secret and only for dissemination within the Five Eyes intelligence partnership that includes Britain, the US, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. The document outlines what tactics are used to achieve JTRIG’s main objectives. Among those tactics that seek to “discredit a target” include “false flag operations” (posting material online that is falsely attributed to a target), fake victim blog posts (writing as a victim of a target to disseminate false information), and posting “negative information” wherever pertinent online. Other discrediting tactics used against individuals include setting a "honey-trap" (using sex to lure targets into compromising situations), changing a target's photo on a social media site, and emailing or texting "colleagues, neighbours, friends etc." To "discredit a company," GCHQ may "leak confidential information to companies/the press via blog...post negative information on appropriate forums [or] stop deals/ruin business relationships." JTRIG's ultimate purpose, as defined by GCHQ in the document, is to use "online techniques to make something happen in the real world or cyber world." These online covert actions follow the “4 D's:” deny, disrupt, degrade, deceive.

As poorly worded and unprofessional as it sounds (I laughed when reading the title on rt) I must say it has a point. [quote]Among those tactics that seek to “discredit a target” include “false flag operations” (posting material online that is falsely attributed to a target), fake victim blog posts (writing as a victim of a target to disseminate false information), and posting “negative information” wherever pertinent online.[/quote] Anyone can say anything on the internet and find a bunch of like minded fools to support it. Blogs/bloggers are being used as sources to news articles and opinion pieces are passed as fact. Like the the Ukraine riots there was that picture of the Russia interior ministry badge. People flipped shit despite a total lack of credible evidence for any such happening. On a less serious matter companies like EA are forcing users to rate their games 5 stars and companies are suing journalists for giving bad reviews. Googles SEO algorithm and social media mean bloggers have unprecidented power but are (rightfully) unregulated. People sharing something will give something credibility (a sites credibility ifs often based on reposts and visitors), then more visit and it just reaffirms it more. Someone in a country could write a blog with a bunch of fallacies and fake pictures, get it blogged a little and their cause is legitimised. Its been done for money so why would governments not yet be using it to further their political agenda.

This whole thing is a textbook poisoning of the well

[QUOTE=ferrus;44040885][url]http://rt.com/news/five-eyes-online-manipulation-deception-564/[/url] The document outlines what tactics are used to achieve JTRIG’s main objectives. Among those tactics that seek to “discredit a target” include...fake victim blog posts (writing as a victim of a target to disseminate false information), and posting “negative information” wherever pertinent online. [/QUOTE] Tumblr is a government conspiracy!!??!?!??

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Was Thisispain an agent? We may never know.

Shit. Shut it down Tpain, they know.

I always knew postal was hiding something.

[quote]Other discrediting tactics used against individuals include setting a "honey-trap" (using sex to lure targets into compromising situations), changing a target's photo on a social media site, and emailing or texting "colleagues, neighbours, friends etc."[/quote] you give bionic old men this power; you cause many awkward scenarios. Remember, if eagle eye texts you asking for a threeway conveniently in a police stations jail cell, don't

Everything on the internet is a lie. Including the lies.

I thought it was obvious that they do this, but then again I live a 20 minute drive from the CIA headquarters.

An article stating the obvious? Or maybe it is not obvious.. So many distractions to keep one away from the truth. It is hard to see clearly in a fog of misinformation and irrelevance. hehe.

sounds like they wanted techno mages so badly, but don't exsist so cyber magician title was made.

Cant they call them techno wizards?

[QUOTE=Fatfatfatty;44042089]Cant they call them techno wizards?[/QUOTE] I can't stop picturing a traditional fantasy wizard with the pointy hat but now his robes and hat are glowy, he has sunglasses and is slowly walking away from a colourful explosion while terrible dubstep plays.

/pol/ is probably THE training facility. If you don't get detected there you can post anywhere.

[QUOTE=Tengil;44042023]An article stating the obvious? Or maybe it is not obvious.. So many distractions to keep one away from the truth. It is hard to see clearly in a fog of misinformation and irrelevance. hehe.[/QUOTE] The CIA doesn't need this, the internet is one giant echo chamber now.

#kony2012

[QUOTE=bull3tmagn3t;44044752]#kony2012[/QUOTE] I voted for him

[QUOTE=frozensoda;44031250]Another group making their opponents look bad by imitating them and acting retarded IMO. More of this shit than anything these days.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=frozensoda;43777083]there's no difference between a committed troll and an actual insane right-winger. It seems to me that the 'agent provocateur' method of gaining support for your party has become the norm. Look at 'generation opportunity' and 'economic freedom' on facebook for perfect examples of this. (i know that agent provocateur isn't exactly correct for this but i feel that it gets my point across better than any other phrase i can think of.) also, i believe that if a study was done they would find that falsehoods outweigh actual information 5:1 of everything shared on facebook.[/QUOTE] called it although this is RT so im probably still just crazy

[QUOTE=mchapra;44042395]I can't stop picturing a traditional fantasy wizard with the pointy hat but now his robes and hat are glowy, he has sunglasses and is slowly walking away from a colourful explosion while terrible dubstep plays.[/QUOTE] I pictured techno music playing with some nerdy guy in his basement making a music video where he brags about being a spy, or in his words a "techno wizard," in very poor English.

Now reach behind your right ear... is *this* your network card?

4chan has been freaking out about this as of late. Possibly rightly so, people there have been documenting some strange goings-on like the same threads with the same replies showing up like clockwork every day as if some script is doing it. Not like advertising spambots, like normal looking threads except its always the same OP with the same replies each time. Some have theorised it's being done to push certain threads off the bottom of the page so that they 404 to make way for more bot posts.

I think I've encountered this, all those arguments where people had the most obscure and convenient "sources" made me highly suspicious. I thought to myself, "why does this site have one original piece specifically related to this argument but everything else is just reposted from news sites." I wonder if the government has a special procedure for dealing with me, like they train their agents to bring up how much they like Dwarf Fortress to disarm me.

[QUOTE=BLOODGA$M;44046062]4chan has been freaking out about this as of late. Possibly rightly so, people there have been documenting some strange goings-on like the same threads with the same replies showing up like clockwork every day as if some script is doing it. Not like advertising spambots, like normal looking threads except its always the same OP with the same replies each time. Some have theorised it's being done to push certain threads off the bottom of the page so that they 404 to make way for more bot posts.[/QUOTE] Reminds me of the Ayn Rand bot incident in LMAO pics. And also the Badage Boys

I once read some paranod dude's blog in deepweb where he explained this exact shit. Like, almost word to word. Its... Insane, when I first read this I thought that this guy was just trying to deny the fact that his theories make no sense and explain why people freak out when he posts them on forums, but now... :tinfoil:

[QUOTE=Xystus234;44041974]I thought it was obvious that they do this, but then again I live a 20 minute drive from the CIA headquarters.[/QUOTE] Can you just drive down there and ask them about this stuff or something?

[QUOTE=mchapra;44042395]while terrible dubstep plays.[/QUOTE] Well now that's being a little redundant isn't it?