☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>“Intelligence operatives <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/trawl" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>trawl</span></a> the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>internet</span></a> looking for information that might help incriminate or neutralize potential terrorists. Intelligence operatives like to give their programs names like <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/MYSTIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MYSTIC</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/SQUEAKYDOLPHIN" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SQUEAKYDOLPHIN</span></a>. None of that makes it any less strange when Glenn Greenwald reveals that British spy agency <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/GCHQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GCHQ</span></a> is using programs like “<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TECHNOVIKING" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TECHNOVIKING</span></a>” to game online polls and mine <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>data</span></a> from <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LinkedIn" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LinkedIn</span></a>.”</p><p>Begs the question, “What is the name of GCHQ software mining Mastodon data?”</p><p>My favourite, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/JohhnyMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JohhnyMastodon</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/WebCrawl" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WebCrawl</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Intelligence</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/OsInt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OsInt</span></a> &lt;<a href="https://www.theverge.com/2014/7/14/5898765/deploy-techno-viking-when-internet-memes-meet-british-spy-tools" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theverge.com/2014/7/14/5898765</span><span class="invisible">/deploy-techno-viking-when-internet-memes-meet-british-spy-tools</span></a>&gt;</p>