Google drawn into Aussie spy hunt
SPY agency ASIO is surfing the net for new recruits as part of a $1 million campaign.
The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation has paid for a “sponsored link” on web search engine Google to find budding spies.
Sponsored links enable organisations and companies to have their names and brief messages pop up when a web surfer keys in the name or associated words.
Google charges a small fee for every click on an advertiser’s link.
The spy agency’s link says: “Looking for a challenging career of national importance?”
[TechDirt]
It’s funny that a country would have to resort to google ads to find good canidates. But looking at some of the “successes” that the United States Intellgance Arms have had lately… I wonder if they shouldn’t so some side recruiting that way also.
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