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In his book "Permanent Record" Edward Snowden[1] describes fake websites used by government agencies to disguise internet traffic that is actually use for spy c

In his book "Permanent Record" Edward Snowden[1] describes fake websites used by government agencies to disguise internet traffic that is actually use for spy craft stuff. eg: maybe a website about siberian huskies actually has a hidden login or hosts another service when contacted on port 80/443 in just the right way? Now, that would make more sense for the CIA than the FBI, but I think it illustrates another avenue of interpretation [1]: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46223297-permanent-record https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46223297-permanent-recor...

poyu 7y ago
That doesn't make sense, why would they even let people know that there's a connection? The hidden login part may be true, but just not on a sites that are related so obviously. It could be a smokescreen of some kind though.
- maerF0x0 7y ago
  I agree that having a fbi google analytics would be a gaffe
joering2 7y ago
"Pet scam" is a big business [1] In this example its quite possible FBI put their traps to get better understanding what third parties are involved; who is visiting the site, and probably some admin management page behind it. Sort of like get the contacts of a criminal and go from there. [1] https://www.ipata.org/current-pet-scams https://www.ipata.org/current-pet-scams
LyndsySimon 7y ago
Interesting. I've got his book on my reading list, but haven't gotten to it yet. I just made a tenuous mental connection between this concept and a Reddit phenomenon called "Lake City quiet pills". I heard about it on the podcast "Stuff They Don't Want You To Know" and it held my interest for a few hours' worth of investigation. The short version is that a Redditor died. He was a stereotypical grumpy old dude, and someone hopped on Reddit and posted that he'd passed. Someone got interested and tied that poster to some websites, one of which had a bunch of stuff hidden in the public source. It definitely seems like a clandestine group of some kind communicating, but to who it was and to what end isn't clear. The Reddit conspiracist belief seems to be that it was a group of assassins-for-hire. Podcast: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/182-stuff-they-dont-want-you-t-26941221/episode/the-mysterious-lake-city-quiet-pills-29623905/ https://www.iheart.com/podcast/182-stuff-they-dont-want-you-... Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/LakeCityQuietPills/ https://www.reddit.com/r/LakeCityQuietPills/

poyu 7y ago

That doesn't make sense, why would they even let people know that there's a connection? The hidden login part may be true, but just not on a sites that are related so obviously. It could be a smokescreen of some kind though.

maerF0x0 7y ago
I agree that having a fbi google analytics would be a gaffe

joering2 7y ago

"Pet scam" is a big business [1] In this example its quite possible FBI put their traps to get better understanding what third parties are involved; who is visiting the site, and probably some admin management page behind it. Sort of like get the contacts of a criminal and go from there. [1] https://www.ipata.org/current-pet-scams https://www.ipata.org/current-pet-scams

LyndsySimon 7y ago

Interesting. I've got his book on my reading list, but haven't gotten to it yet. I just made a tenuous mental connection between this concept and a Reddit phenomenon called "Lake City quiet pills". I heard about it on the podcast "Stuff They Don't Want You To Know" and it held my interest for a few hours' worth of investigation. The short version is that a Redditor died. He was a stereotypical grumpy old dude, and someone hopped on Reddit and posted that he'd passed. Someone got interested and tied that poster to some websites, one of which had a bunch of stuff hidden in the public source. It definitely seems like a clandestine group of some kind communicating, but to who it was and to what end isn't clear. The Reddit conspiracist belief seems to be that it was a group of assassins-for-hire. Podcast: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/182-stuff-they-dont-want-you-t-26941221/episode/the-mysterious-lake-city-quiet-pills-29623905/ https://www.iheart.com/podcast/182-stuff-they-dont-want-you-... Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/LakeCityQuietPills/ https://www.reddit.com/r/LakeCityQuietPills/