With a little influence from social networking websites like Myspace and Facebook, some of America's largest intelligence agencies like the FBI and the CIA will be adopting a technology called A-Space. This new equipment basically allows intelligence operatives and government insiders, working for various agencies, to network and share pertinent security and other information through innovative networking technologies. Essentially, on September 22nd, these government agents will "befriend" each other on A-Space and use that network to share up-to-date information about security threats and other new information developments.
This technology could prove to be a valuable tool in strengthening the communication among America's government agencies. These types of technologies and the information that they make available can have the potential to prevent attacks on our country or events like September 11th. It seems that the largest issue going into the launch of A-Space is security. What happens if that type of information gets into the wrong hands? The article explained that the managers of A-Space will gather a baseline level of activity for users, so when that level of activity changes or varies a security threat can be identified. I am sure that the government has thought of just about everything, including technologies we may not even know about, when considering the security of A-Space. However, it should still be a large concern and something that is constantly modified in order to protect sensitive information and our national security. The coming months will be crucial in judging how effective A-Space is at disseminating necessary information and strengthening the protection of our country.
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This is a very interesting concept. I wonder who will be granted participation rights and how? Wouldn't sensitive information like what they are exchanging have different levels of sensitivity? Fascinating...
That's interesting to hear - especially since my article was talking about Facebook creating a "zombie army" through peoples' Facebook applications. Depending on the size of a Facebook application (the larger, the better), some hackers may be able to access your computer via the application without you ever knowing it; however, after you've logged off they no longer have access to your information. Your article sounds like the same type of thing. I don't think that hacking into a computer illegally is cool, but when it comes to the CIA and FBI accessing my information for national security purposes, I have no problem with it! On the flip side, I can see where many would have an issue with this.
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