Is the enemy targeting RallyPoint?

2015-10-13T23:27:06-04:00

Every year we get the OPSEC briefing and we are told, among other things, that we know our good buddies at ISIS, Russia, China and al Qaeda are keeping tabs on our social media, and not post anything we wouldn't want them to know--and every year I get onto Facebook and remind our enemies how imperative it is they go F themselves, just incase the OPSEC briefing was correct--so I've got to imagine they must be plumbing the depths of RallyPoint for information about all things American military...to include names and information on individual members.

So what do you think, are we being monitored by those with hostile intent?

Response by CW3 Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 13 at 2015 11:35 PM

2015-10-13T23:35:26-04:00

Undoubtedly. I'm in a few groups on FB related to my previous work and a couple of guys looked at who was "following them". A lot of arab names that they had no clue who they were. If you have confidence in the security of this site to protect you, I think that would be a mistake. I'm sure they do everything they can to keep this place "clean", but it's not exactly pentagon level security. Much of my profile here is skewed with a few "errors" in my information because it just doesn't sit right with me to for no obvious reason give an exact birth date, or an exact clearance, and so on.

Response by TSgt David L. made Oct 13 at 2015 11:37 PM

2015-10-13T23:37:27-04:00

Man, I hope so. Pick me! Pick me! LOL

Response by SN Greg Wright made Oct 14 at 2015 12:42 AM

2015-10-14T00:42:32-04:00

SGT Dave Tracy Welcome, motherfuckers. Please pit your desire for 372 virgins against my will to live.

Please?

Response by COL Charles Williams made Oct 14 at 2015 12:47 AM

2015-10-14T00:47:22-04:00

I am sure they are... and it if come... we are ready here.

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 14 at 2015 2:07 AM

2015-10-14T02:07:32-04:00

It would not surprise me at all, since I have mentioned we have drive by complaints that President Obama is being attacked almost every three months... I am good at one thing I think and that is noticing patterns and it vexes me even about science and Peter Hitchens mentions this in the attacks on religion.

Response by SrA Matthew Knight made Oct 14 at 2015 2:09 AM

2015-10-14T02:09:04-04:00

They're the ones who commit drive by down voting on people's posts without saying why they did.

I wouldn't doubt that they look into this site but I feel that the information generally provided here could easily be acquired through a variety of sources other than RP. I wouldn't worry about it too much. Lock down your account so only contacts or verified members can view your info. Shouldn't be too much of an issue.

Response by Cpl Anthony Pearson made Oct 14 at 2015 7:37 AM

2015-10-14T07:37:23-04:00

Question for the RP administrators: By default, can non-members of RP see all of our posts? If so, perhaps that should change. Soon. Either that, or shield all poster names and photos with "RP-USER" and a silhouette photo of a person.

Response by LCDR Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 14 at 2015 7:50 AM

2015-10-14T07:50:48-04:00

Great point-Always a good idea to avoid listing specific locations, names, dates. The very LAST thing any of us would want is for a bad-guy to get an edge by listening in.

Response by PO3 Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 14 at 2015 7:53 AM

2015-10-14T07:53:59-04:00

Yes... the enemies are monitoring the online free "info". not only the Islamist ... Russian .. China ...

Response by SSgt Alex Robinson made Oct 14 at 2015 7:58 AM

2015-10-14T07:58:39-04:00

We all need to be mindful of what we put out there. Too many things are easily found on the Internet and

Response by SSgt Terry P. made Oct 14 at 2015 8:21 AM

2015-10-14T08:21:01-04:00

SGT Dave Tracy OF course we are,no reason to assume otherwise.

Response by SGT(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 14 at 2015 9:34 AM

2015-10-14T09:34:47-04:00

SGT Dave Tracy one thing RP asks that I don't get why is the Security Clearance, I don't think that is relevant at all in here.

Response by Capt Richard I P. made Oct 14 at 2015 9:58 AM

2015-10-14T09:58:48-04:00

I would be. That seems like a pretty good clue.

Response by SSG Warren Swan made Oct 14 at 2015 12:28 PM

2015-10-14T12:28:23-04:00

I'm all for non violence until I cannot get myself out of the situation. If ISIS or any other data mining hack is "monitoring" me and what I say on here, FB, or whatever porn site I look at, knock yourself out. Pull up a chair and a bag of BBQ pork skins with a bacon flavored coke and watch me. I think most of this is mere paranoia and feeds into a popular mindset consumed with fear and a stronger fear of the unknown rather than actual deeds. BUT in the event that it surpasses what I think it is, I'm not a "Super-Murican" or "Super-Soldier". But GEN Mattis sums up how I honestly feel.

Response by MAJ Ken Landgren made Oct 14 at 2015 1:46 PM

2015-10-14T13:46:42-04:00

They want our RP points.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 28 at 2015 10:21 PM

2015-10-28T22:21:43-04:00

IF they are and they are reading our posts who knows what they are thinking......

Response by MSG Michael Murphy made Oct 28 at 2015 10:23 PM

2015-10-28T22:23:37-04:00

RP spies, They had better watch out or they will end up on the wall like this nice 8 behind me

Response by SSG Christopher Parrish made Oct 29 at 2015 12:07 PM

2015-10-29T12:07:42-04:00

I have a feeling we are, I believe that al Qaeda and ISIS both have cyber "divisions" and if that is the case they are monitoring and hacking whatever and whoever they can.

Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 29 at 2015 12:08 PM

2015-10-29T12:08:00-04:00

if I was an insurgent - member of a VEO and targeting RP....all one would have to do is scour the CCW threads, find the members who publicly admit to not carrying/owning weapons - click their profiles to see if a location is provided. From there, some simple data mining with their name, location and a few other tidbits of information will usually turn up a specific address or general location in which they reside. Bonus if they have a current picture.

That being said - I think they may scour RP for information but if they're targeting, I'm not sure how effectively they're doing it.

Response by MAJ Ken Landgren made Oct 29 at 2015 3:04 PM

2015-10-29T15:04:45-04:00

It is quite ironic the Federal Government is the biggest OPSEC violator.

Response by Capt Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 31 at 2015 11:32 AM

2015-10-31T11:32:59-04:00

I know when I first got on Rally Point, I was hesitant to fill in a lot of details on my profile due to OPSEC concerns. Still, since we already know they are good with Social Engineering, it's hard to not put info out there. We want to share this stuff with fellow comrades in arms.

I have seen their success in targeting and threatening DoD personnel due to what info we share. I would say if they haven't already used Rally Point, it's a matter of time before they do.