The Wizard of War
Anyone interested in the development of the internet as a means of warfare needs to read Wretchard’s latest post on the subject from Wednesday here.
The National Science Foundation’s “Darkweb” project is developing a variety of technologies to automate what only a few online sleuths can do: find Jihadis online and track them, even when they post under different names. It can perform content and traffic analysis and “profile” the style of authors.
Be sure to read the whole thing!