I find it extremely odd that the NSA is wasting its time tapping into the servers of PalTalk. Here's a list of where the agency should be looking.
Along with millions of others, I've been following the great leaker, Ed Snowden, and his tale of intrigue battling the NSA. On the exposed slides that reveal when each PRISM participant came on board to spy on its users, there is the obvious question that needs to be asked: Why is PalTalk on the list? PalTalk? Really?
All of the tech companies on the list make sense, except for PalTalk. I reckon that PalTalk was actually the important state secret that was revealed in the disclosure. It had to be, nothing else stood out like a sore thumb.
To anyone following tech for even a short period of time, it is no surprise that government snoops are linked into all these major tech companies, but PalTalk?
No offense to the PalTalk folks but where are the other obvious choices? If I was doing all my terrorism chitchat on PalTalk, I'd now have to look elsewhere for my scheming and plotting. Not that I want to help the terrorists, but I have some ideas. And, of course, the intelligence agencies should take note. The way I see it, there are huge gaps in coverage that must be resolved immediately, starting with the following:
LiveJournal: I was stunned when I did not see LiveJournal on the list. Why was it ignored? It seems as if the old legacy systems provide a huge intel gap. Fix it now!
MySpace: How did this not make the list? I'm sure the terrorists are all now on MySpace planning a meeting. I can only imagine what kind of music they are streaming.
Amazon: Hellooo? Doesn't anyone see the potential for snooping on the users of Amazon? You can check on their book purchases, their reviews, the use of the term "death to America." Amazon would be a gold mine for big data.
Yelp: Has anyone considered the possibility that plots are being hatched within Yelp reviews? The never-ending nooks and crannies of the review site are prime territory. Get Yelp into the computers immediately!
Wordpress and Squarespace: The government needs to dog these and other blogging systems. It's easy enough to set up a terrorist blog and create a discussion using the comment capability. Put a stop to it this instant!
Second Life: The government is not monitoring this? Are you kidding me? This place must be filled with terrorists and it should be no problem finding them.
Club Penguin: Who knows what is going on in this Disney fantasy world for kids. Look for brainwashing here.
The New York Times: Yes, I said it. The Times has lots of wiggle room on its discussion threads. The government needs to crack down on these newspapers concealing terrorists.
I'm sure readers can think of a few more operations that need looking into. I welcome your thoughts. In the meantime: PalTalk, really?
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