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When I attempt to access Twitter from a government computer I get the following warning: SmartFilter Denied - Your request was denied because of its content categorization: "Dating/Social". OK, fine. So then I go www.itweet.net (a twitter client for the iphone, but a work around to the filter) and it did work, but I get the pop-up telling me this site "is currently under review."

It's odd because the network administrators are crippling access to information, when in reality existing policies (like the aforementioned "media" policy) actually should be adequate. Particularly for the military where one can be literally punished with career implications for releasing information without proper consent.

I completely agree with the "instant" analyst theory. Foreign governments do this all the time - that is taking disparate pieces of information and putting them together into actionable intelligence.

So, why shut down Twitter with such a stringent policy? Probably to stop work time "goofing off" vs actually being concerned about OPSEC or IA reasons. The trade-off is not having a great resource - for instance I get news from Twitter from BreakingNewsOn.

BTW, this is being typed from a non-government computer at a commercial facility.

Posted by: 007baf   Posted on: 12/20/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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