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news <http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/category/news/> Homeland Security Terror Warnings Coming to Facebook and Twitter <http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/74428/homeland-security-terror-warnings-com ing-to-facebook-and-twitter/> By Katie Milani <http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/author/katie-milani/> Friday, April 08, 2011 @CharlieSheen: #winning, @50cent: #swag, @HomelandSecurity: The United States is under attack, #run http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/color-coded-300x1 81.png The Associated Press released information about Homeland Security's new plan for informing Americans about potential terror risks. Finally the kindergarden color-coded alert system <http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/48118/crayola-responds-to-color-coded-terro r-alert-cancellation/> will be scrapped, replaced by only two warnings: "elevated" and "imminent." Depending on the severity of the threat, Homeland Security will take to its Twitter and Facebook accounts to warn Americans, increasing awareness through social media. It's no surprise that the internet-savvy Obama Administration would use social networking sites to increase terror awareness. This new system aims to be more specific and easier to read than the previous color-coded chart that left most feeling more confused than warned. Now, an "elevated" alert would warn tweeters of a likely threat but would leave out specific information regarding time and place, while "imminent" would warn Americans of a likely specific threat or ongoing attack. Both warnings are intended to share as much information as possible without further putting Americans in danger. Before arriving on your tweetdeck or newsfeed the warnings will go through a step-by-step process to ensure the government isn't revealing too much information to the public. First members of Congress will be notified, then terrorism officials in every state. Next mayors and governors will learn about the threats, and last but not least, the public will be warned, allowing for mass retweets, reblogs, and "likes" on major social networks. Nothing says post-modern meta-ism than having your last gesture on earth be "liking" a news post about your city being under attack. Though not yet finalized, the new alert system is scheduled to go into effect as soon as April 27th. Like a carton of milk or loaf of bread, each threat will come equipped with an expiration date so now you know how long you should hide out in your fallout shelter. This new system is obviously better than basing threat on color, but still Americans are left with questions, uncertainties, and not enough or too much information. With the ability to retweet and spread information with the click of a button enemies can quickly learn we are onto them. Though this new system seems promising I'm just left with the question of how long it will take before @NTASAlerts <https://twitter.com/#!/NTASAlerts> is hacked, warning Americans of a possible Alien Invasion. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [email protected]. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [email protected] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
