The PDF attachment (courtesy Cryptome & the UK Register) below is the 5 page list of web site that DHS admits to spying on. And Happy Friday the 13th! EPIC reportedly has filed suit to block DHS' domestic espionage program.
I'm looking at setting up a forum to discuss identifying & hindering or blocking DHS intrusions into a website, hopefully with offshore hosting & domain registration to minimize what DHS can do to interfere with it.
It can get expensive and deciding which country you want to host from is ..... not obvious. I did some poking around into this a few years ago for a budding social networking site that was asking the same questions.
The same site that Wikileaks used can be had for $10-15 monthly for the services that I need for a forum, and they will even set it up without knowing who I am, although I'm not really hiding that. I mainly want the data & domain registration out of reach.
It seems we not only have to identify DHS efforts to conduct domestic surveillance on the internet, we also have to ferret out their contractors ... New York Times (13 Jan 2012): Federal Contractor Monitored Social Network Sites This last part is most disturbing -- this transcends being a government "of the people".
A non political agency has no business manipulating public opinion or monitoring public opinion beyond the established processes for citizen input on their agency's proposals. This is an abuse of their powers.
Progress is being made. I have the domain name & a temporary web page is in place: www.BlockDHS.se The goal is to make DHS & domestic surveillance personae non gratae in our society. Coincidentally, this pretty much goes hand-in-hand with recent posts by both Bruce Schneier and the Cato Institute: Bruce Schneier: Abolish the Department of Homeland Security David Rittgers (Cato Institute): Abolish the Department of Homeland Securit You'll need another name. I didn't use his ISP.
Wired/Dangerroom (25 Jan 2012): Cairo Contagion: Military Tracks Uprising’s ‘Infectious’ Ideas First they present it as a military need ... But then they point out that such technology could be misused by "repressive" governments ... Given our recent trend in "homeland security", I'd say that's very much a legitimate fear right here at home.
And the FBI wants to join the party: Breitbart (26 Jan 2012): FBI seeking social media monitoring tool
There's another thread somewhere around here where we talked about this a few weeks ago. Sigh. So many rights-busting surveillance tools, so little time.
