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This. I'm pretty fed up with this narrative. It's always either Russians or Chinese. Apart from (quite obviously) USA there is a handful of other powerful acto
by bitcharmer 9y ago
This. I'm pretty fed up with this narrative. It's always either Russians or Chinese.
Apart from (quite obviously) USA there is a handful of other powerful actors (ie. Israel, UK) in the game but you rarely get to read about it.
It just makes me trust "western" news outlets less.
- marcell 9y agoThe “western” news spent a good part of 2015 covering Edward Snowden’s in great detail and sealing great damage to US reputation, despite the Chinese, Russian etc. governments having or aspiring for similar programs. Generally the “western” (or at least American) press has a strong tradition of criticizing its own government, much stronger than some other nations. Criticizing foreign governments or running negative stories about them does not take away from that. There are lots of positive China stories in the MSM as well.
- rdlecler1 9y agoIt’s the collusion between state and business that make this chilling. It’s not just information gathering driving policy decisions it’s IP theft from a state actor that is transferred to local players to compete with US companies.
- olliej 9y agothere was plenty of intel gathered in Russia during the cold war that got fed directly to private contractors in the US. I would be stunned if it were not still happening.