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silvertoof ago

I've known for a long time that craigslist is massive NSA honeypot and data collection effort, or at the very least work with the NSA and other intelligence agencies...

this is from 2 years ago:

Are Craigslist Discussion Forum Trolls Part of a Wider NSA Program To Control Debate Online? "Liberal" Craig Newmark & "Libertarian/Anarchist" Jim Buckmaster, founder and CEO of craigslist direct staff to routinely censor discussions which are anti-establishment.

sore_ass_losers ago

It could be a way for intelligence agencies to keep track of cheating spouses, down low gays and hidden perversions, to know a person's weaknesses or perhaps to use against them for blackmail purposes. For example, Hoover's FBI was known to keep track of such info on prominent individuals (which was ironic given Hoover's own secret life),