A Multi-Faceted Approach to Post-Disaster Information Gathering, by D.C.
…occurred. What this means for the prepper is that this information can be used to our advantage. We can use information that comes in via social media information streams for our own purposes, while purposefully not providing information back out to the masses that jeopardizes or own COMSEC or OPSEC. As long as one receives the information but does not provide any, social media can be an advantage. This can be accomplished by establishing very basic and vague social media accounts that do not include identifying information and that are only used to observe other people’s posts for intelligence gathering purposes. Each individual must weigh the advantages and disadvantages of social media information gathering to decide for themselves if engaging in social media is prudent. The other obvious area of Internet communications is e-mail and instant messaging. E-mail communication, while convenient and reliable, can be easily intercepted, thus violating OPSEC…