Friday, June 12, 2009
Army Orders Bases to Stop Blocking Twitter, Facebook, Flickr
The Army has ordered its network managers to give soldiers access to social media sites like Facebook, Flickr, and Twitter, Danger Room has learned.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Military Robots and the Laws of War
More than just conventional wisdom, it has become almost a cliché to say that the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have proved “how technology doesn’t have a big place in any doctrine of future war,” as one security analyst told me in 2007. But if anything, new technology has and will continue to redefine modern warfare.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Spy Fears: Twitter Terrorists, Cellphone Jihadists
Could Twitter become terrorists’ newest killer app? A draft Army intelligence report, making its way through spy circles, thinks the miniature messaging software could be used as an effective tool for coordinating militant attacks.
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