Revealed: Hundreds of words to avoid using online if you don't want the government spying on you (and they include 'pork', 'cloud' and 'Mexico') . h+ p! {1 O8 @3 c. O& R公仔箱論壇3 b* n4 R; e9 w: I, e) B
Department of Homeland Security forced to release list following freedom of information request
Agency insists it only looks for evidence of genuine threats to the U.S. and not for signs of general dissent
, D8 h2 S) @+ R! v6 ^5.39.217.76Revealing: A list of keywords used by government analysts to scour the internet for evidence of threats to the U.S. has been released under the Freedom of Information Act 4 H2 b( f/ j7 j5 ^6 i
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The Department of Homeland Security has been forced to release a list of keywords and phrases it uses to monitor social networking sites and online media for signs of terrorist or other threats against the U.S.公仔箱論壇. z6 p* [6 n4 X" ?/ R
+ [6 E; a/ h; h# w/ P3 SThe intriguing the list includes obvious choices such as 'attack', 'Al Qaeda', 'terrorism' and 'dirty bomb' alongside dozens of seemingly innocent words like 'pork', 'cloud', 'team' and 'Mexico'. 3 Z& p) J. c1 Y/ x# i5.39.217.76' O# D- O7 Z0 U2 i8 G4 x
Released under a freedom of information request, the information sheds new light on how government analysts are instructed to patrol the internet searching for domestic and external threats. / z) `6 @2 Z3 V! G7 `+ ] E: e
* j* p2 f& G# w/ LThe words are included in the department's 2011 'Analyst's Desktop Binder' used by workers at their National Operations Center which instructs workers to identify 'media reports that reflect adversely on DHS and response activities'.公仔箱論壇: d! D3 d9 G0 M1 v
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Department chiefs were forced to release the manual following a House hearing over documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit which revealed how analysts monitor social networks and media organisations for comments that 'reflect adversely' on the government. $ z( ^3 P2 T; G# j0 |! w" C! T
8 h0 \. _% y+ [1 F5 o8 r, l3 ~公仔箱論壇However they insisted the practice was aimed not at policing the internet for disparaging remarks about the government and signs of general dissent, but to provide awareness of any potential threats. ) S6 [+ c) n+ {8 b! Rtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb ( @; Y* w9 S2 q4 UAs well as terrorism, analysts are instructed to search for evidence of unfolding natural disasters, public health threats and serious crimes such as mall/school shootings, major drug busts, illegal immigrant busts.公仔箱論壇2 H4 k% ~$ u# _+ C; D5 E
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The list has been posted online by the Electronic Privacy Information Center - a privacy watchdog group who filed a request under the Freedom of Information Act before suing to obtain the release of the documents.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。- I1 Z2 t% `4 C, D
- h9 L4 [# K- @( R, w* I; ?( C; BIn a letter to the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counter-terrorism and Intelligence, the centre described the choice of words as 'broad, vague and ambiguous'.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。* O' |! A* C3 I/ j" B
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Scroll down for full listtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb2 S. b' N" f5 Z9 E4 a3 |0 v0 ^ 9 e; r9 Q: G' \! T$ s Threat detection: Released under a freedom of information request, the information sheds new light on how government analysts are instructed to patrol the internet searching for domestic and external threats . |' k6 k4 O; a+ _ $ T6 g7 G4 O0 U" ^* b1 oTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。They point out that it includes 'vast amounts of First Amendment protected speech that is entirely unrelated to the Department of Homeland Security mission to protect the public against terrorism and disasters.' % t3 O4 E% P4 w9 M% x ; v# W' }% k. e/ ~. z% Q6 q. TA senior Homeland Security official told the Huffington Post that the manual 'is a starting point, not the endgame' in maintaining situational awareness of natural and man-made threats and denied that the government was monitoring signs of dissent. tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb% |0 y! o7 q3 h L. K
2 B5 V I( L5 x1 O3 V! m+ GHowever the agency admitted that the language used was vague and in need of updating. 公仔箱論壇% f/ i/ U$ x8 E. Z1 T* q
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Spokesman Matthew Chandler told website: 'To ensure clarity, as part of ... routine compliance review, DHS will review the language contained in all materials to clearly and accurately convey the parameters and intention of the program.' : ^& B# x; m* v& R/ S3 Q % f8 a* s9 f' w7 Z0 g$ s5.39.217.76MIND YOUR LANGUAGE: THE LIST OF KEYWORDS IN FULL公仔箱論壇( N! K0 g. w/ Y$ n8 m. S6 l 6 }4 b" h0 z3 M2 R( W4 x , E7 P L: k; _作者: vandas 時間: 2012-5-29 04:35 AM
r( k7 `! Y- U. b/ ]7 ?9 s) s; RTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。這些敏感詞都被列入國土安全部的2011年“分析師桌上手冊”中，詞彙表內容涵蓋國內安全、危險物品及核安、公共衛生隱患和H1N1、基礎設施安全、邊境暴力、恐怖主義、網絡威脅、氣候災難等大項。5 h3 Z! B' t4 Q: f0 g* n4 L3 n) d
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其中，包括“襲擊”（attack）、“基地組織”（Al-Qaeda）、恐怖主義（terrorism）及髒彈（dirtybomb）等明顯的敏感字肯定入榜，但“反應”（response）和“設備”（facility）也在其中。, @* F' M) s5 y* B* W
$ t% i/ e, a7 y a$ h! `7 i6 `TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。在危險物品及核安方面，除危險物品縮寫字HAZMAT之外，“雲”、“朝鮮”（North Korea）和“燃燒”（burn）等字眼也相當敏感。8 {' N M& a. @2 u4 S
# I2 L% ^+ {& n2 i" ?* r5.39.217.76網絡威脅敏感詞把“中國”列入其中；邊境暴力把“墨西哥”（Mexico）包括在內；而在公共衛生隱患和H1N1，“豬肉”、“中國”、“農業”（agriculture）、“浪”（wave）等，都會觸及警戒線。TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。6 K! \& t- \; i5 j, [
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電子隱私信息中心批評該黑名單“籠統及含糊”，當局有如侵犯美國憲法對言論自由的保障。公仔箱論壇$ F% H! e$ t. X
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國土安全部官員稱，該手冊“僅是起點，而非最終階段”，並否認美國政府在監察異議聲浪，而是找出潛在威脅，但亦承認手冊上包涵的文字太過籠統，需要改進。& a- y2 H" v4 U6 u+ T, P" L, c
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