Raytheon#Harvesting personal data from social networking websites

Riot is a software program of the U.S. defense company Raytheon in Massachusetts, which is intended to link publicly available information from the Internet with a person. The program is referred to as Rapid overlay information technology ( " fast - fade information technology ").

Functions

The program should have the following functions:

• Storing the position data
• Reading the metadata of published photos
• Reading GPS data from smartphones and tablets
• Reconstruction of contact networks
• Analysis of spatial data, illustrate with cake and column charts, motion profile

This information is intended (for example, from social networks like Facebook, Twitter, blogs and Foursquare ) can be linked with other information to identify, locate and track users.

Privacy Policy

The U.S. government classifies the technology as EAR99 object under the export rules, therefore, the software can " without a license in most places in most circumstances " are sold. Who can use Riot in the future is not yet clarified. Compared to the Guardian explains Raytheon, the software had not yet been released. Most data are now relatively easily detectable for computer enthusiasts, Riot, they hold only bundled together. Raytheon defends the program because sensitive information such as social security numbers, bank accounts or other information about the financial situation would not be covered.

Marketing

According to Guardian Raytheon, the software has not yet sold. Been but was passed on to U.S. authorities and other companies in 2010 for research purposes and to aid in the construction of a national security system. In April, Riot will be shown at a conference of U.S. security agencies and industry.