'VACCINE' is being used to spy on baseball fans, festivalgoers etc., part 4 (Updated)
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'Visual Analytics for Command, Control and Interoperability Environments" (VACCINE) is a social media spying tool developed by DHS.
Updated 8/12:
Florida crime center uses CCTV cameras to spy on citizens
Real-time analysts will also be extra eyes watching criminals in action. They will be able to tap into a live video feed from businesses and establishments with security cameras, bringing live views of suspects in crimes such as robberies or burglaries. Those images will then be relayed to responding deputies and police officers, Volusia County Sheriff Ben Johnson said.
Analysts can also relay information obtained from existing Department of Transportation cameras to deputies. Cameras that are license plate readers positioned at locations in the county can provide license plate information to officers in the field and identify suspects and their associates...
Coast Guard secretly spied on baseball fans during last years All-Star Week
"VACCINE’s social media analytics tool was used by U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) during Major League Baseball’s All-Star Week."
"The USCG used VACCINE’s Social Media Analytics and Reporting Toolkit (SMART) as a way to monitor and analyze the vast amount of social media data in the Cincinnati area in order to maximize security and minimize potential threats to public safety."
Why did the Coast Guard spy on baseball fans in a park that borders the Ohio river? The answer might surprise you, in 2003 the USCG became part of DHS. Fyi, the old baseball park used to be called Riverfront Stadium not Oceanfront Stadium, so there's little chance terrorists would be using the Ohio river to plan an attack on baseball fans.
"SMART is a social media analysis system that provides analysts with scalable analysis and visualization of social media posts. The system uses topic extraction, combinations of key word filters, word cluster examination, and unusual event detection to provide situational awareness and improve decision-making for time-critical tasks."
In other words, DHS has developed a disturbing new way to spy on every social media platform.
Don't forget, Purdue University's president Mitch Daniels has a close relationship with DHS. Daniels was a member of the Homeland Security Council and just recently, received an award from DHS and the Defense Security Service.
Below, is a picture of Daniels attending a DHS breakfast.
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It's all about the money for universities, last year the Feds (DHS) gave Purdue $171 million.
"Last year the university received more than $171 million dollars in sponsored funding for defense, industry and foundation research (DHS)."
DHS wants to create 3.5 million social media spies
According to DHS's report titled "Proactive and Predictive Policing through the Application of Visualization and Data Analytics." DHS wants to provide visual analytic and scalable solutions for all 2.3 million extended homeland personnel.
In other words, DHS has created more than 3.5 million government spies.
How accurate is SMART?
SMART's "novel prediction techniques based on seasonal, day of week and time of day patterns."
It doesn't get any plainer than that, SMART is about as good at predicting crime as your weatherman is about predicting the next storm.
Police used SMART to secretly spy on pumpkin festivalgoers
According to DHS's 'Proactive and Predictive Policing' report (pages 54-61) police used SMART to spy on New Hampshire pumpkin festivalgoers.
It isn't just the Coast Guard that's spying on you. According to DHS over 40 police departments and two Fusion Centers (Ohio & Indiana) are using SMART to spy on people.
To find out more about SMART click here, here & here.
The 'WIFI Whisperer' reveals your home address and much more...
"At Moogfest we [WIFI Whisperer] collected data from thousands of devices: what kind of device, what networks they've been connected to, which websites they visit, even the remaining battery life."
"By partnering with Festify, Moogfest’s wireless internet provider, the artists were able to grab even more data—things like the names of networks you were previously connected to, your device’s MAC address, the host name of your laptop or phone, the server your http traffic is aiming for, and even text from whatever website you’re visiting. “You can see exactly what articles people are looking at,” McDonald says."
Police are spying on you at gas stations, McDonalds etc.
"McDonald’s restaurants have Project Green Light equipment that feeds directly to a real-time crime center at Detroit Public Safety Headquarters."
"Detroit police are now able to monitor some gas stations across the city through high-definition cameras."
As far as I know, the Detroit police aren't using VACCINE but really what's the difference?
Conclusion
To say VACCINE might allow police to spy on public CCTV cameras and social media is misleading. Police and the Coast Guard are actively using public CCTV cameras to spy on the public and they are using VACCINE to spy on social media.
Morally bankrupt universities and corporations are clamoring to receive millions of dollars in grant money to further gov't spying, under the guise of 'public safety'. Gov't (DHS) grooming of academically gifted students or 'geeks' from K-12 is wrong on so many levels.America joins the ranks of numerous oppresive regimes who've indoctrinated their youth. Not only are our youth being taught to accept the loss of privacy as the 'norm', they're being groomed to work for the very organization (DHS) that is responsible for gov't spying.
Few of the people helping to create the most comprehensive intelligence surveillance system ever, bother to ask how it will be used against us.
This is part 4 of a four-part series.