Israel uses fake profiles to 'befriend' people on Facebook

[MikeWB]

Don't have the whole story just yet... it's behind a paywall.



The Facebook Squad: How Israel Police Tracks Activists on Social Media

It follows their Facebook pages, uses fake profiles to 'befriend' them and presents screenshots of posts in court – this is how Israel Police is adding social activists to its virtual surveillance list. 'They know what I write and do,' Ethiopian protest leader says.
Yaniv Kubovich
Feb 06, 2016 9:46 AM

http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.701662

[yankeedoodle]

Wonder if the sun will rise in the east tomorrow. 

[rmstock]

Don't have the whole story just yet... it's behind a paywall.

The title sounds worrying, should i pull my credit card ? Or is this
how Haaretz is earning extra shekels ? By the time no-one has a
functioning shekel card anymore, the evil ones have a free game. Maybe
send an email to Zuckerberg for some crowd-funding so we can read the
Haaretz pay-wall. Strange word anyway, sounds like a digital version of
the wailing wall.