Terrorists rely on state-of-the-art techniques from the advertising industry to attract suicide bombers. Rather than broadcast, or use one big message to attract a huge audience, the extremists “narrowcast,” targeting small groups with specific messages that exploit their vulnerabilities. The internet – anonymous and decentralized, reaching the alienated who desperately seek some inspiration or goals [...]
Archive for March, 2008
Gabriel Wieman on Terrorists using narrowcasting
Posted in Extremism/Terrorism on March 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Important piece by Mitch Wagner in Information Week
Posted in Extremism/Terrorism on March 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Mitch Wagner makes some very good points in this piece
Meta-terror panel in DC
Posted in Uncategorized on March 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Remarks from the event will be published on the Counter Terrorism Blog soon! In the meantime the presentation I wasn’t able to show at the event is below:
Future directions in technology-enabled crime: 2007–09
Posted in Crime, Money Laundering on March 4, 2008 | 5 Comments »
The Australian Institute of Criminology last year published a rather large risk assessment document looking at very near-future directions of technology enabled crimes which is available on the Australian Government Website. Though the entire document itself makes for a fascinating read, of interest to myself in particular was this section discussing virtual worlds: ———————————————————————————————– Online gaming and [...]
