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FBI and CIA Launching MySpace for Spies

by Tim Stevens on September 8, 2008 at 08:43 AM

Shh, MySpace for Spies Launches This MonthYou know how we told you last week that most people don't know what social-networking is? Well, apparently the CIA and FBI are using this news to their advantage, and are looking to get all of their secret agents friending and messaging online like chatty tweens, creating a MySpace knockoff site especially for spies and other officials to connect and chat.

The idea behind the site, called A-Space, is for agents to share intelligence gleaned through various sources, whether they be covert or CNN. It is intended to replace ad-hock e-mails and other forms of messaging with one centralized, easily traceable communication channel. The obvious concern is security, of course, as this site will quickly become a repository of virtual reams of sensitive info. Operators plan to rely on behavioral processing such as that used by credit card companies -- not so much to restrict what users can do, but to raise flags if someone tries to do something... unusual.

You know, kind of like the last time you took a road trip and had your card declined while buying gas 1,200 miles from home. That sounds just like the kind of security we need protecting our agents. [Source: CNN]

Tags: breaking news, BreakingNews, cia, facebook, fbi, intelligence, myspace, social networking, SocialNetworking, spy

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