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The Gentleperson's Guide To Forum Spies


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#1 whitebread

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Posted 23 July 2012 - 13:54

From http://cryptome.org/...forum-spies.htm :

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COINTELPRO Techniques for dilution, misdirection and control of a internet forum..

There are several techniques for the control and manipulation of a internet forum no matter what, or who is on it. We will go over each technique and demonstrate that only a minimal number of operatives can be used to eventually and effectively gain a control of a 'uncontrolled forum.'


Scary stuff! :o



#2 Jason Stillion

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Posted 23 July 2012 - 13:55

Caught this on reddit, it's a very good read.

#3 simplezz

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Posted 23 July 2012 - 14:16

Fun stuff.

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8. Invoke authority. Claim for yourself or associate yourself with authority and present your argument with enough 'jargon' and 'minutia' to illustrate you are 'one who knows', and simply say it isn't so without discussing issues or demonstrating concretely why or citing sources.

I think I know where 'thenetavenger' gets his material from now :whistle: