Hell's Bells, I haven't logged in for a year and I'm glad to see that Common Sense continues NOT to be and the same old arguments are being recycled.

As an ex RAF Station Int Officer I can confirm ANY information is of use, as has been said. But of course the greatest enemy to UK generally comes from within and from people with an agenda that is either utterly naive or purposely damaging - Diane Abbott for example and Jewemy.

We’re not propagating anything that isn’t ‘out there’ already.
We’re posting links and quotes from PUBLIC sources for crying out loud. A link to a website article by definition means it’s public.
The idea that Pprune would somehow hold secret information that the enemy doesn’t know yet is laughable.
Yes, it’s all about dopamine release and feeling the need to have your knowledge acknowledge and egotistical reasons.
Someone may ask a question here and within 3 posts without fail someone switches it to why that did and what they learned and what they proclaim to know and pretend to be.

B2N2, you have missed the point spectacularly and are beyond redemption. There is nothing wrong with posting the links. There is no 'secret' info on pprune. What is wrong is the 'professional' analysis of those links, confirming or denying that information, where the info is right or wrong, where the tactics used are right or wrong. Pointing out info in the public domain is one thing. Turning it into intelligence by giving it credence is another. Look at BEAMR's post at post 60, where he aptly illustrates the intelligence the west got from OS, confirmation of the presence of enemy kit and forces. If we do it, don't you think the opposition does it as well? Thoughtless 'discussions' on Pprune are not laughable, they can dangerous.

I had a friend in the forces, I asked if he was worried about being deployed? "Nope, I kill way more sitting at a desk!". " I have a fire mission @grid coordinates xxx,yyy I have a cell phone with imei #...... Need impact at crossroads such at time abcd.ef fire 12 rds HE does for effect. "

Oh do get a grip for gawd sake!

OPSEC? BEADWINDOW? Security breaches?

If you seriously consider for one split second that some Russian intelligence types, poring over their numerous satellite images, long range IR, night vision and recce images, ELINT, HUMINT and numerous other info sources, will cast all that aside with the cry "hold on, ignore all that! Some ex Vulcan jockey on PPRUNE thinks that we might be wrong in some of what we are doing!" then you are SO deluded that it is embarrassing!

As for the rest, all that is posted here is a repost of stuff already posted elsewhere and often by the Ukranians or UK MoD themselves. You are massively overstating your importance or significance if you think that any of this is any kind of security breach.

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As an ex RAF Station Int Officer I can confirm ANY information is of use, as has been said. But of course the greatest enemy to UK generally comes from within and from people with an agenda that is either utterly naive or purposely damaging - Diane Abbott for example and Jewemy.[/QUOTE]

Or perhaps even more damaging, Mr Putin's favourite asset - Bowis and his friend Lordsky.

Personally, I am bored with FR 24 and can't wait for the launch of Submarine Sonar 24.

Pr00ne, where do you think that some Russian intelligence types, poring over their numerous satellite images, long range IR, night vision and recce images, ELINT, HUMINT and numerous other info sources get their cues on WHERE to focus those assets?. Generally from press and social media sites.

Pr00ne, you are missing the point completely.

If you are mil or ex mil you should be ashamed of your naivety.

As i have said before. It is NOT what is open source that is the problem. It is the act of COMPILING it into a very useful bit of intel and the ADDITIONAL information that sits with it.

For an Intel Officer to support these concerns speaks volumes of the seriousness of the subject that people are dismissing as "laughable" .

Has anyone read the millions of words being produced each day analysing what is going on from everyone from the Prime Minister to people on here?

It's a different world today from 30-40 years ago. The problem isn't shortage of information - it's information overload. And honestly cynic - do you REALLY believe the Russians are basing their coverage on Social media - maybe they aren't getting any messages from their own guys in the front line I guess.

Think that even understates the problem, there is so much data getting thrown around that filtering out any useful bits is a massive problem, one that is probably not worth the effort needed to achieve results.
Also note that the social media are frequently used to disseminate misleading information, which further complicates the task.

Frankly, looking back on the record of efforts to keep military secrets, the actual performance seems very unimpressive, from the days of the A bomb, where an undiscovered source gave the Soviets full details of the Hanford reactors that produced the plutonium for Nagasaki to the spy satellites or the US Navy anti sub efforts, things always were leaked. That suggests that secrecy is theater in most cases and probably not worth the cost.

Oh don't be ridiculous!

I am ex mil and I am in no way naive!

This is 2022 not 1934.

How on earth does all of this detailed compiling of info on social media aid, or even in any way affect, a Russian soldier in a shell hole in Ukraine?

Even back in my day I was firmly of the opinion that all Opsec and beadwindow was to prevent embarrassment of senior officers and anything that could possibly be deemed negative toward the Royal Family.

Oh dear, hoist by one's own petard, or convicted from your own mouth. This is one of the most ignorant, naïve and unpleasant comments I have heard from a Commissioned Officer, who once swore loyalty to the crown and those officers placed above him. Pr00ne, you do yourself no favours.

So please explain where YOU think the cues come from?

Seriously? You really think that the "clues" come from PPRUNE? Get real!

It is a comment from an EX Commissioned officer who has long been a proud Republican and after over 30 years experience as a Barrister...

Certainly not! Open source - and it's cues, not clues.

You are still living in cloud cuckoo land despite it being clue or cue!

Ex-officer, proud republican and 30 year barrister are all respectable achievements. However, these qualities do not support your opinion of Opsec, which is at the most basic level WRONG!

Cynicalint, please play the topic, not the man.
Pr00ne thinks that the various security shibboleths are useless procedures, does he have a valid point?