Not difficult to be an informant with technology and its flaws. Everyone is basically their own informant, but to be consciously so? Need serious documents and independent testimony. Might be better to tag a subject and see where they go and who they talk to.
you're very close. humint works with the thinking you're suggesting, in some cases.
god mode initiated;
- inks are changed every year in order to allow investigators to date documents more accurately.
this sounds clever—
now;
consider tv shows, music types, language, accents, clothing, brands—
it's all meta data. and simply being familiar with various forms of these types of data allow investigators to, categorize, and finally—extrapolate a dynamic profile on a person.
typically, we call this a first impression, on a social level.
for an investigator who has definitive purpose in identifying a pattern that might correlate with their belief; it's meta data.
and all they had to do was bump into you, or say hello.
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10196478? ago
Not difficult to be an informant with technology and its flaws. Everyone is basically their own informant, but to be consciously so? Need serious documents and independent testimony. Might be better to tag a subject and see where they go and who they talk to.
10197237? ago
you're very close. humint works with the thinking you're suggesting, in some cases.
god mode initiated; - inks are changed every year in order to allow investigators to date documents more accurately.
this sounds clever—
now; consider tv shows, music types, language, accents, clothing, brands—
it's all meta data. and simply being familiar with various forms of these types of data allow investigators to, categorize, and finally—extrapolate a dynamic profile on a person.
typically, we call this a first impression, on a social level.
for an investigator who has definitive purpose in identifying a pattern that might correlate with their belief; it's meta data.
and all they had to do was bump into you, or say hello.
no device hacking required.
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10208503? ago
Agreed. "metadata" is the important term. They don't have to archive everything.
10280455? ago
better point 🔥