By Noel Brinkerhoff, David Wallechinsky
United States - America
Online users beware: If you access your AOL account from a computer at
an Internet café, your name may wind up on a terrorist-watch list.
According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI), AOL users at public computer venues are just one possible type
of suspicious person that business owners need to keep tabs on.
The FBI has been distributing flyers to paintball centers, banks,
dive shops and even tattoo shops to educate them on how to spot
potential terrorist activities.
In addition to noting who is accessing AOL, Internet café owners
should watch out for and report customers who always pay for their
service with cash, attempt to shield their screen from other people in
the room, communicate through video games or use VOIP, all of which are
signs of a would-be terrorist, says the FBI.
The flyers do remind business owners and their employees that “It
is important to remember that just because someone’s speech, actions,
beliefs, appearance, or way of life is different; it does not mean that
he or she is suspicious.”
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