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US defense contractor Raytheon designed RIOT (Rapid Information Overlay Technology) program for tracking citizens through Facebook, Foursquare and Twitter. The system turns on each user dossier and then automatically collects and analyzes publicly available data from social networks. TO For example, the system records with whom the person most often communicates, what places he visits and when. If the user does photos using a smartphone with GPS enabled, then RIOT can extract EXIF headers from them and get information about where and when they were removed. In addition, based on the data collected, the program is able to predict further human behavior. A video demonstrating the capabilities of RIOT, dated 2010, published by the Guardian newspaper. It shows how riot collects information on a person named Nick. The system determines how he looks, with whom he communicates, and also compiles a list of ten the most visited places (it turns out that every Monday he goes to the gym by 6 am). Recording not intended for the general public, was to be shown on state security conference in April 2012 but Raytheon deemed her development too raw and set aside presentation. The company confirmed the authenticity of the video, but clarified that they have not yet sold the system to federal authorities.
