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You don't have to blackmail. When you know enough about a person, you can control them with just the right messaging (ref: the point of ad tech). Quick exampl
by lallysingh 10y ago
You don't have to blackmail. When you know enough about a person, you can control them with just the right messaging (ref: the point of ad tech). Quick example: An incumbent could use this to have substantially better data on their voter's preferences and tune their campaign appropriately. Or generate just the right kind of fake news to push major policy changes against people's interests. The real potential here is how subtle these moves can be while also being quite effective.
- rl3 10y agoI completely agree, my only point was that a blimp really can't add much to existing surveillance measures that essentially capture everything. A blimp might help you target extremely paranoid people, that's about it. Even then, having actual human tails would be more effective, especially in NYC. For foreign operations blimps are amazing though, since a place like Afghanistan doesn't necessarily have modern infrastructure or any shortage of people trying to hide.
- lallysingh 10y agoThis whole blimp thing is ridiculous. Perhaps they're worried about CB/Ham or the towers (or wiretap authorization) didn't support what they wanted. Are blimps threatened by AK-47s?
- rl3 10y ago>Are blimps threatened by AK-47s? Not at altitude, no.