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 [...]
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Mitch Wagner makes some very good points in this piece
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Posted in Uncategorized on March 5, 2008 | No Comments »
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:
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Posted in Crime, Money Laundering on March 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
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:
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Online gaming and gambling
Online gaming, [...]
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