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Title: Wanna spy for Uncle Sam??
Post by: Teresa Heilevang on December 14, 2010, 08:33:57 PM: Where the hell does this nonsense end America?
Does anyone remember the Soviet Union?

iPhone snitch network launched
Jason Douglass
Infowars.com
December 13, 2010
(http://static.infowars.com/2010/12/i/article-images/patriotapp.jpg)

A new iPhone App with the misleading name ‘PatriotApp’ attempts to draw on the power of the patriot movement, turning smartphone users into a gigantic snitch network.

You might think an app with such a patriotic name might have useful functions like a pocket constitution or quotes from our forefathers. But contrary to the services one might expect, this app allows users to report any ‘suspicious’ behavior directly linking them with top government agencies.

Much like the new DHS program ‘If you see something, say something’ this app is meant to turn average citizens into a network of spies feeding information back to the federal government.

Citizen Concepts, a company formed by insiders from DHS, defines the use of such an app on their homepage...

Full story here: http://www.infowars.com/iphone-snitch-network-launched/
Title: Re: Wanna spy for Uncle Sam??
Post by: cookie62 on December 14, 2010, 08:53:09 PM: Silly Rabbit, didn't they listen to Janet. All the terrorists are at Wally World 8) 8)
Title: Re: Wanna spy for Uncle Sam??
Post by: CJS3 on December 14, 2010, 09:31:58 PM: I'm beginning to think that the real terrorist live and work in Washington DC. ???
Title: Re: Wanna spy for Uncle Sam??
Post by: tombogan03884 on December 15, 2010, 01:36:38 AM: Actually this is a basic counter terror tool. The biggest thing in stopping IRA bombings in London was educating the public if they saw an unattended package REPORT IT .
In fact, this is probably the only effective step that has been taken against terrorism in the US.
Title: Re: Wanna spy for Uncle Sam??
Post by: alfsauve on December 15, 2010, 05:01:03 AM: Quote from: CJS3 on December 14, 2010, 09:31:58 PM
I'm beginning to think that the real terrorist live and work in Washington DC. ???

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Title: Re: Wanna spy for Uncle Sam??
Post by: alfsauve on December 15, 2010, 05:05:23 AM: OH WOW! The app has a point of contact with the General Accounting Office.

"Hey I see governmental waste.......everywhere."

My original analog phone and everyone since then are already equipped to allow me to report illegal activity. All I had to do was press "911".
Title: Re: Wanna spy for Uncle Sam??
Post by: ratcatcher55 on December 15, 2010, 09:59:54 AM: So if you see waste, fraud or crime you should not report it because you would be a snitch?
Title: Re: Wanna spy for Uncle Sam??
Post by: tombogan03884 on December 15, 2010, 10:03:53 AM: Quote from: ratcatcher55 on December 15, 2010, 09:59:54 AM
So if you see waste, fraud or crime you should not report it because you would be a snitch?

Or a couple young Arab Males walking away from a back pack on the subway ?
Don't want to be a profiler, that would be racist.
Title: Re: Wanna spy for Uncle Sam??
Post by: Solus on December 15, 2010, 12:11:56 PM: Along with the abandoned package type messages and exposure of government waste and abuses, I'm sure there would be a lot of reports of seeing folks buying ammunition at Wal-Mart and reports of folks running up "Don't Tread on Me" and "Liberty" flags.

The question is: Which of these events would the government choose to act upon?
Title: Re: Wanna spy for Uncle Sam??
Post by: tombogan03884 on December 15, 2010, 01:07:45 PM: Quote from: Solus on December 15, 2010, 12:11:56 PM
Along with the abandoned package type messages and exposure of government waste and abuses, I'm sure there would be a lot of reports of seeing folks buying ammunition at Wal-Mart and reports of folks running up "Don't Tread on Me" and "Liberty" flags.

The question is: Which of these events would the government choose to act upon?

Sounds to me like "the Government" isn't exactly the problem here.
The truth is, most "Americans" today are getting exactly the government they deserve.
Title: Re: Wanna spy for Uncle Sam??
Post by: billt on December 16, 2010, 06:58:41 AM: Hitler launched much the same tactics with the citizens of Germany when he took power. We all know where that went. Bill T.