[liberationtech] data mine the snowden files [was: open the snowden files]

[Griffin Boyce]

On July 8, 2014 4:11:44 PM EDT, coderman <coderman at gmail.com> wrote:
>hi Griffin!
>
>this is the type of effort i was hoping to see undertaken.

Me too ^_^ eventually I realized I'd have to do it myself if I wanted more info on Topic X. I obviously don't have access to the source, but there are some clear ways to expand on the material that's been released.

>when you say "additional research", is this organic or structured?
>tool assisted or old skewl?

Right now, the aspect I'm researching requires lots of structured research, but fully expect to come across something unexpected (a specific sourcing pattern, perhaps).

Manual desk research is the new hotness. Well... maybe not. ;) It helps that I'm really good at it, so it doesn't take as much drudgery. Once collected, some things are trimmed and cleaned up using custom tools. But data collection is all manual.

>i too have been building up some terms and technologies, but yet to
>put it into any structured format with context, as part of my post is
>to see how others are handling the vast complexity and extensive
>compartmentalization embodied in the leaks to date.

Nice! :D I'd love to hear more about your conclusions sometime.

I started by looking at one narrow outcome of the NSA's work that I find horribly disruptive to the ecosystem around my work. Now my task is to find further proof of this activity using unclassified source material and possibly patterns within their work in this area.

>i also would like to pursue this research anonymously, on hidden
>services rather than public sites or email.

Indeed. Lots of excellent reasons to be light on detail in these types of public forums.  

~ Griffin
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