No it doesn't, and this is stupid. Monitoring public media is not 'spying' for farks sake.

Someone probably snuck it into the list so that they'd have an excuse if the boss walked in on them watching TV.

IrateShadow: Someone probably snuck it into the list so that they'd have an excuse if the boss walked in on them watching TV.

This would not surprise me. At all.

At one of my previous workplaces you could get youtube unblocked if you could demonstrate a need for it.
/not that difficult to do actually.

Codenamechaz: Maybe they're doing a public service and looking for people watching episodes of Toddlers and Tiaras.

They'd do more of a service watching the people putting on Toddlers and Tiaras.

/I'm not actually sure what that is, but after seeing Little Miss Sunshine, I have a good guess.

Codenamechaz: Maybe they're doing a public service and looking for people watching episodes of Toddlers and Tiaras.

If I could throw anybody in jail, it would be those mothers. Hell, I'll even do it on my own dime.

DHS isn't "monitoring Hulu," they're just watching the only season of Firefly.

So, they're going to sit around surfing blogs all day and watching Naruto.

A Dark Evil Omen: So, they're going to sit around surfing blogs all day and watching Naruto.

How do I apply for that job?

A Dark Evil Omen: So, they're going to sit around surfing blogs all day and watching Naruto.

...and perving on underage girls.

Also from Boing Boing. (new window)

Chris Hansen, where are you!?!?

Do you read books? DHS thinks you might be a terrorist.
Do you communicate with others? DHS thinks you might be a terrorist.
Do you stay indoors and never communicate with others? DHS thinks you might be a terrorist.
Do you wear a hoodie? DHS thinks you might be a terrorist.
Do you pay for things with cash? DHS thinks you might be a terrorist.
Do you believe in individual rights? DHS definitely thinks you are supporting terrorists.

/Also acceptable, replace "DHS" with "DEA" and "terrorist" with "drug dealer".

Yes, they're going to "monitor" Hulu. That way, they don't miss their favorite shows while looking for terrorists.

It sort of makes sense, because you could theoretically have terrorists using the comments section below the videos to leave coded messages for one another. At the same time, they could use ANY popular website for the exact same purpose so eventually you are trying to watch the entire interwebs, which is darn ear impossible unless you have some expert systems set up to automatically analyze content.

Of course, if I WERE a terrorist, I'd just use something like the Free Republic forums since it would be easy for any coded messages to get lost in all the herp and derp.

Once again americans the panty waste that they have become are afraid of everything and need dhs to protect them from their own shadows. Just think we go to wars so government can watch us 24/7. Grow a spine america and stop hidding while trying to claim how tough you are.

pmdgrwr: Once again americans the panty waste that they have become are afraid of everything and need dhs to protect them from their own shadows.

The only thing we're afraid of is our government. Can you blame us?

FTFA: UPDATE: Leaked DHS internet watchlist "mistakes" msthirteen.com, skeevy German site about 13yo girls for MS-13 gang news.

What a MS-13 gang news website may look to the DHS


/Ok, I'll have a seat over there just in case.

Probably am.

Yay Obama!

YesItsTom: Hulu is owned by aliens, that's why it's being monitored.

DHS is one of a LONG list of useless government agencies that need to go.

Ron Paul is looking better all the time.

Mad_Radhu: It sort of makes sense, because you could theoretically have terrorists using the comments section below the videos to leave coded messages for one another. At the same time, they could use ANY popular website for the exact same purpose so eventually you are trying to watch the entire interwebs, which is darn ear impossible unless you have some expert systems set up to automatically analyze content.

Of course, if I WERE a terrorist, I'd just use something like the Free Republic forums since it would be easy for any coded messages to get lost in all the herp and derp.

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The biggest reason I could see for DHS to keep an eye on Hulu? So they could have a quickly available "short list" of popular TV memes. Hulu is a good place to find the clips a lot of people are watching from a wide range of shows. You can hit the "news and information" tab to see what the "real news" shows are talking about, and the "comedy" tab to find out the current popular jokes.

That way, when normal spikes of network traffic start showing particular phrases, they have a precompiled list of things that those phrases might have come from.

Two decades ago, spies would read the New York Times and Washington Post cover-to-cover, including the ads, because they were the two most widely available newspapers in the US. Now, there are too many information sources, so they have to use stuff that was prefiltered for them.

Big_Fat_Liar: Mad_Radhu: It sort of makes sense, because you could theoretically have terrorists using the comments section below the videos to leave coded messages for one another. At the same time, they could use ANY popular website for the exact same purpose so eventually you are trying to watch the entire interwebs, which is darn ear impossible unless you have some expert systems set up to automatically analyze content.

Of course, if I WERE a terrorist, I'd just use something like the Free Republic forums since it would be easy for any coded messages to get lost in all the herp and derp.

Agreed meet Wednesday detonators wiring timing device relay optical .
Tunnel West bridge ammo nitrates bagage flight hidden allah victory arrange dark.


The... spotted cuckoo is flying backwards?

Mad_Radhu: Big_Fat_Liar: Mad_Radhu: It sort of makes sense, because you could theoretically have terrorists using the comments section below the videos to leave coded messages for one another. At the same time, they could use ANY popular website for the exact same purpose so eventually you are trying to watch the entire interwebs, which is darn ear impossible unless you have some expert systems set up to automatically analyze content.

Of course, if I WERE a terrorist, I'd just use something like the Free Republic forums since it would be easy for any coded messages to get lost in all the herp and derp.

Agreed meet Wednesday detonators wiring timing device relay optical .
Tunnel West bridge ammo nitrates bagage flight hidden allah victory arrange dark.


The... spotted cuckoo is flying backwards?

It is a cold day for pontooning.

pdee: DHS is one of a LONG list of useless government agencies that need to go.

Ron Paul is looking better all the time.

Yes on the first, no on the second.

heinekenftw: pdee: DHS is one of a LONG list of useless government agencies that need to go.

Ron Paul is looking better all the time.

Yes on the first, no on the second.


You are so right. A vote for Obama or Romney will bring freedom!

Mad_Radhu: Big_Fat_Liar: Mad_Radhu: It sort of makes sense, because you could theoretically have terrorists using the comments section below the videos to leave coded messages for one another. At the same time, they could use ANY popular website for the exact same purpose so eventually you are trying to watch the entire interwebs, which is darn ear impossible unless you have some expert systems set up to automatically analyze content.

Of course, if I WERE a terrorist, I'd just use something like the Free Republic forums since it would be easy for any coded messages to get lost in all the herp and derp.

Agreed meet Wednesday detonators wiring timing device relay optical .
Tunnel West bridge ammo nitrates bagage flight hidden allah victory arrange dark.


The... spotted cuckoo is flying backwards?

In womens' tennis, I always root against the heterosexual.

Didn't think Burn Notice was that accurate....

This just in: DHS believes anybody not working for DHS is a terrorist.

Oh no, the government might see what I put online so that the whole world could see it. I am so farking terrified.

pmdgrwr: Once again americans the panty waste that they have become are afraid of everything and need dhs to protect them from their own shadows. Just think we go to wars so government can watch us 24/7. Grow a spine america and stop hidding while trying to claim how tough you are.

I don't see much protesting of this form of government intrusion.

Well I know Obama won't use this information for evil (unlike Bush).

/i'm still not going to throw away my rock

//i'm still going to vote obama

DHS can KMA.

Fark the DHS.

ginandbacon: That was a really funny piece.

DarnoKonrad: No it doesn't, and this is stupid. Monitoring public media is not 'spying' for farks sake.

You're right of course, but you have to admit that monitoring Hulu is probably not going to net much intel...

It'll keep DHS agents entertained during the day. I wonder if our tax dollars buy them Hulu Plus, or if they're stuck with the free shows.

DavidVincent: heinekenftw: pdee: DHS is one of a LONG list of useless government agencies that need to go.

Ron Paul is looking better all the time.

Yes on the first, no on the second.


You are so right. A vote for Obama or Romney will bring freedom!

And I doubt Ron Paul will either.

Pants full of macaroni!!: Harvey Manfrenjensenjen: Do you read books? DHS thinks you might be a terrorist.
Do you communicate with others? DHS thinks you might be a terrorist.
Do you stay indoors and never communicate with others? DHS thinks you might be a terrorist.
Do you wear a hoodie? DHS thinks you might be a terrorist.
Do you pay for things with cash? DHS thinks you might be a terrorist.
Do you believe in individual rights? DHS definitely thinks you are supporting terrorists.

/Also acceptable, replace "DHS" with "DEA" and "terrorist" with "drug dealer".

Are you a carbon-based life form? DHS thinks you might be a terrorist.

V-ger Akbar!

I assume that Fark is at the top of the DHS subversive list.

If your PC is running a bit slow, it's probably due to the fact that everything you are typing is also being transcribed onto a PC somewhere at the NSA server farm.

Just Another OC Homeless Guy: I assume that Fark is at the top of the DHS subversive list.

If your PC is running a bit slow, it's probably due to the fact that everything you are typing is also being transcribed onto a PC somewhere at the NSA server farm.

Awesome! Good to know that they'll be up to date with all my MMA victories in cities all around the country and my GED in law.

"There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life."
- Frank Zappa

Meh, they already think I am a terrorist.


Libertarian (ish) (obviously a hood-wearing pot-smoking gay-bashing Nazi sodomite. Just ask the LaRouchies)

political activist, (well occasionally, but not since I realized how futile it is)

Gun owner (In NJ? Oh hell yeah I'm a bitter clinger)

Atheist (OK, not so much with the bitter clinging, but a RELIGIOUS RADICAL WOOOOO)

Pickup truck owner (In NJ not driving a European car, or at least a Lexus, is suspicious)

Computer programmer (obviously a hacker/torrentFreak/pirate pornoManiac whose subscription to Netflix is just a beard)

So yeah, basically I'm hosed anyway. I confuse them so much they're gonna ship me to Guantanamo just because. My Naruto subscription on Hulu is the least of my problems

rebelyell2006: If you have an adblocker on your computer, Hulu ads won't load, you'll just get a 30-second blank screen in between the programming.

I get a text screen trying to guilt me into turning off my ad blocker between the programming.

heinekenftw: DavidVincent: heinekenftw: pdee: DHS is one of a LONG list of useless government agencies that need to go.

Ron Paul is looking better all the time.

Yes on the first, no on the second.


You are so right. A vote for Obama or Romney will bring freedom!

And I doubt Ron Paul will either.

DON'T BLASPHEME! RON PAUL WILL SAVE US FROM THE DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS AND MAKE AMERICA A FREE FREEDOM PARADISE OF FREENESS!

Pants full of macaroni!!: Harvey Manfrenjensenjen: Do you read books? DHS thinks you might be a terrorist.
Do you communicate with others? DHS thinks you might be a terrorist.
Do you stay indoors and never communicate with others? DHS thinks you might be a terrorist.
Do you wear a hoodie? DHS thinks you might be a terrorist.
Do you pay for things with cash? DHS thinks you might be a terrorist.
Do you believe in individual rights? DHS definitely thinks you are supporting terrorists.

/Also acceptable, replace "DHS" with "DEA" and "terrorist" with "drug dealer".

Are you a carbon-based life form? DHS thinks you might be a terrorist.

AWESOME! I'm glad I'm Silicon bas....wait a minute... nice try MIB