On 2013-06-22, at 7:58 PM, André Costa <andredmco...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello guys > > Just to let you all know, we have found it possibly was a well-organized > deceit. Apparently someone has spammed many messages with words related to > the military, and then started to spread a rumor that there was a > surveillance scheme going on. Since the combination of those words had > already been reported as spam, all messages started to be automatically > blocked. That sounds credible to me. > > Some fears and rumours about the possibility of an attempt against democracy > in Brazil have been circulating here lately, and those dreads are generally > projected upon the military. Someone probably took advantage of this > situation to spread misinformation and more fear. The best thing to do is to adopt a wise security posture and focus more on keeping your own communicative safety and ignoring rumours and bait :-) NK > > Thanks to everyone who tried to help. > André > > Sorry for the confusion. This is not the only case of the infowar that's > happening here, since journalists from independent media outlets received > attacks on their webpages lately. > 2013/6/22 André Costa <andredmco...@gmail.com> > Hello guys > > I cannot say exactly what's going on in Brazil, but we have just revealed > what seems to be the tip of a surveillance strategy related to the military. > We have found that, when you send the message "Meu amigo general disse que a > Força Nacional tá mega bem equipada, pra qualquer emergência." on the chat, > this content is automatically reported as abusive and the account is > automatically suspended. > > For those who do not understand Portuguese, this sentence would translate as > "My General-of-the-army friend said that the National Security Forces are > very well equipped, for the case of any emergence". At least five friends > needed to reconfirm their account, whereas I have not been able to come back. > > I suspect that this system of aumotically banning probably works outside > Brazil as well, so you may try it yourselves, but take care, because it may > not let you get you accounts back. > > Could you try to put some light on this? Any idea of what it may be? > > Thank you very much for any help > Andre > > > -- > Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by > emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
