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| -Lurid Crime Tales- |
| No Facebook or Twitter? You're Probably a Spy. |
| 2018-03-17 |
| BLUF: [The Cipher Brief] Technological advances now allow extensive recordkeeping of peoples’ lives through social media, as well as identity verification at borders with biometrics. At the same time, the complete absence of a detailed social media presence can be a red flag, causing counterintelligence investigators to scrutinize individuals further. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #13 I would hope our documents division would have the wherewithal to gin up It seems they do. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2018-03-17 21:18 |
| #12 The reason they wanted to see your facebook or linkedin had nothing to do with qualifications. Your personal life, facebook friends, etc is non of their friggin business. |
| Posted by: Omeger Gray6606 2018-03-17 19:29 |
| #11 I wonder just how much you "lost" Harcourt Angoluting9366? Perhaps nothing at all. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-03-17 19:22 |
| #10 Yeah, I already lost out on a minor business opportunity two years back. After sending an email indicating my interest, the other fellow replied with a deeply suscpcious email asking who the hell I was, what was my facebook and what was my LinkedIn. After replying I had neither, that was the end of the relationship.. They just don't trust you unless you exist on their platforms. The age of trust is over. It's not coming back. Either you have a facebook/linkedin that they can see, or there will be no business. End of story. |
| Posted by: Harcourt Angoluting9366 2018-03-17 19:10 |
| #9 A spy would be on Facebook and Twitter under many different aliases. |
| Posted by: Alistaire Gloluns2996 2018-03-17 15:48 |
| #8 One time, in the course of conversation, I mentioned I'm not on farcebook or sh*tter. A young lady said to me "Why would I trust you then?" I replied "Your trust is needed by me how?" She was speechless. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2018-03-17 15:30 |
| #7 A form of guilty until proven innocent. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2018-03-17 13:33 |
| #6 Speaking as a imaginary spy for an imaginary three letter agency, I would hope our documents division would have the wherewithal to gin up a convincing social media backstory. Lack of social media presence is simply a sign that one has a life. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2018-03-17 12:26 |
| #5 Don't do Facebook/twitter. I like my privacy. Every now and then I will send a photo shopped picture to friends and fam. Just like people who paste on facebook photoshop thier wrinkles before posting. |
| Posted by: Omeger Gray6606 2018-03-17 12:22 |
| #4 @ #3 - I'd even drop it down to over 50! |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2018-03-17 11:47 |
| #3 Or maybe just over 65. |
| Posted by: Tom 2018-03-17 11:43 |
| #2 So I'm a spy? Then where are my femmes fatales? |
| Posted by: charger 2018-03-17 11:37 |
| #1 I don't. Adm Grace Hooper laid it on the line as far back as 1981. Automation and privacy are mutually exclusive. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2018-03-17 11:00 |