"CIA World Facebook"--> Is that a code name for PRISM or ECHELON or whatever??

klodolph 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It was a literal factbook online. In high school, I remember using it to look up facts like the area or population of different countries.

	▲	cwnyth 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		The title of this submission says "Facebook", not "Factbook". That's what they were referring to.
	▲	lostlogin 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I feel a bit twitchy remembering the pain of trying to do the references right for websites back then.

MrDrMcCoy 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

No, it was a guidebook anyone could use for just about every country. It well predates PRISM, and was well regarded until it was discontinued.

That was the factbook

	▲	marcelo-earth 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I had to read it twice times. It has always been cited on Wikipedia for as long as I can remember.

nomilk 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It's a typo in the HN title which should be corrected. Should be World Factbook; nothing to do with Facebook.

tty456 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I thought it was a site exposing CIA undercover agents

Freudian Slip. Everyone knows that Facebook is Five Eyes Book/Mossadbook