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SecularMotion

(7,981 posts)
Fri Mar 4, 2016, 08:45 PM Mar 2016

This Open Source Script Lets You (and Police) Search Twitter For Guns

Wouldn’t it be nice if the next time a woman received a threatening message on Twitter she could quickly scan the perpetrator’s account to check whether they posted a gloating picture of their new pistol?

Or, in the wake of a shooting, if law enforcement could swiftly search the account of a suspect, to check if they had ever tweeted a picture of the alleged crime weapon?

It’s now possible to do both of these things, thanks to a free, open-source tool designed by security researcher Justin Seitz as a part of his larger open-source intelligence project.

On a wider scale, the technology could be used to analyze the weapons used by large terrorist organizations or gangs. In the past, Seitz has used similar techniques to track the social media profiles of Detroit gang members, and to identify ISIS members on Twitter.

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/this-open-source-script-imagga-lets-you-and-police-search-twitter-for-guns
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This Open Source Script Lets You (and Police) Search Twitter For Guns (Original Post) SecularMotion Mar 2016 OP
I don't see a problem... deathrind Mar 2016 #1
You might consider cross posting to the computer help and support group... discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2016 #2
Twitter....LOL ileus Mar 2016 #3
Yeah, but the gun grabbers can live there DonP Mar 2016 #4
Search Twitter? Plenty of 'em at gun shows.nt Eleanors38 Mar 2016 #5
 

DonP

(6,185 posts)
4. Yeah, but the gun grabbers can live there
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 11:38 AM
Mar 2016

They have nothing else to do with the time they're not online whining at us, so sending whiny tweets is a major hobby for them.

We just don't see them because we're out at the range or prowling the used racks at the LGS.

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