by editor | May 20, 2008 | Terrorism 2.0
by Steven R. Corman A heads up to COMOPS readers…Last week Senator Joe Lieberman’s office contacted YouTube asking them to remove a list of videos posted by designated terrorist organizations, claiming any such posts violate YouTube’s prohibitions...
by nbrody | Apr 7, 2008 | Framing, Government, Media, Strategic Comm., Surveillance, technology, Terrorism 2.0
by Nicholas Brody Wikipedia is becoming a major source of news and reference information for the American public. A Pew internet poll found that 36% of online adults consult Wikipedia. That number jumps to 50% for college-educated adults. Among educational and...
by editor | Mar 7, 2008 | Framing, Image, Terrorism 2.0
by Steven R. Corman An article published by Reuters earlier this week contained an interesting passage that implies that al Qaeda is using a new communication tactic: Fundraising videos. Reporting on a Saudi roundup of 28 suspected al Qaeda operatives, the article...
by editor | Feb 9, 2008 | Surveillance, technology, Terrorism 2.0
by Steven R. Corman The Daily Princetonian reports an interview with computer scientist Jennifer Rexford who claims that more wiretapping can actually help the Bad Guys and make us less safe. How? By providing a system for them to hack: They can tap into an...
by editor | Feb 1, 2008 | Media, Terrorism 2.0
by Steven R. Corman As reported in today’s Arizona Republic, an al Qaeda-linked web site was discovered on the servers of Phoenix-based CrystalTech Web hosting. The site was run by al Ekhlaas, and is one of the more resilient of its ilk. The CrystalTech site at...
by editor | Jan 25, 2008 | PSYOPS, technology, Terrorism 2.0
Picking up on a MEMRI dispatch, Computerworld ran a story on a software package designed to help al Qaeda operatives put strong encryption on their files and messages sent over the Internet. The new encryption tool is called Mujahideen Secrets 2 and appears to be an...
