tim newberry's company develops software that identifies isis recruiters. research has exposed hundreds of recruiting sites and some of these have been shut down or altered by other organizations. >> it's telling us with 95 to 100% accuracy based on the bundles this is a bad guy. this is a bad guy. >> newberry hopes the hacking community will embrace the idea and help shut down the isis recruiting pipeline. >> the population, not state agencies can do a really good job at competing, in some cases preventing stuff that's happening in the u.s. now. >> the idea is not such a stretch. >> after thev9z recent terroris attack in paris, the group declared war on isis. >> we're tracking down members of the terrorist group responsible for these attacks. >> and then there's the controversial patriotic hacker known only as the jester. he claims to have taken down thousands of terrorist-run websites since 2010. during a rare online interview he told nbc 5 investigates that they're using more encrypted apps and he's focused on infiltrating those. >> as for tim newberry h

. >> company's founder tim newberry says he hopes more members of the hacking community will embrace the idea and help shut down isis's recruiting pipeline. he plans to release software for free to anyone who wants to help out. >>> there is a silicon valley link to isis. the san francisco startp called cloud flare is being criticized by many, including the group, anonymous. protects websites from crashing or being hacked. reportedly close to 40 isis-related websites are being protected. the company's ceo did not comment if it supports pro-isis websites but did say it would stop supporting websites if asked by the u.s. government. >>> coming up next, is it a crackdown on carbs or a violation of your right. the man who is fined $1,000 to bringing tamales in his luggage from mexico. we will unwrap the controversy that is causing a social media firestorm. why let someone else have all the fun? the sometimes haphazard, never boring fun. the why can't it smell like this all the time fun. the learning the virtue of sharing fun. why let someone else have all the fun? that's no fun. unleash t

. >> founder tim newberry says he hopes more members of the hacking community will embrace the idea and help shut down the isis recruiting pipeline. the plans to release the software for free to anyone who wants to help. >>> now to the silicon valley link to isis. the san francisco start up called cloud fair being criticized by many including the group anonymous. it protects websites from crashing or being hacked reportedly close to 40 isis related websites are being protected by. the company's ceo did not comment whether it supports pro-isis websites but did say it will stop supporting websites if asked to do so by the u.s. government. >>> and a messaging app favored by isis will crack down on some of the messaging. >> scott mcgrew, you were telling about telegram. >> telegram actually has two functions, sam. one is the secret, private messages that law enforcement and for that matter the telegram company itself can't decrypt and also a public announcement function, something that everybody can see and telegram this morning says it has disabled public isis messages. the one that it can