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There are a whole lot of US government employees with access to sensitive information who dont want their real time location available to a hostile foreign inte
by wedn3sday 8y ago
There are a whole lot of US government employees with access to sensitive information who dont want their real time location available to a hostile foreign intelligence agency. I was lucky enough to start my current job about two months after the entire database of cleared employee personal information (name, DOB, SSN, home address, background check investigation report) was stolen by the Chinese, so this kind of thing is near and dear to my heart.
Additionally the FSB could very well use this data in their persistent campaign of psychological warfare against the entire country. They're smart people, and if they're not using this resource already they probably will by the time the 2020 election heats up.
- gdy 8y ago"their persistent campaign of psychological warfare against the entire country" Lol The Russians are coming!
- craftyguy 8y agoNobody is expecting the Russians to invade. I think the concern is that they could easily cause widespread unrest here by pitting special interest groups against each other.
- wedn3sday 8y agoSee the recent Worldwide Threat Assessment Report [0] page 7, titled "ONLINE INFLUENCE OPERATIONS AND ELECTION INTERFERENCE." Our adversaries and strategic competitors probably already are looking to the 2020 US elections as an opportunity to advance their interests. More broadly, US adversaries and strategic competitors almost certainly will use online influence operations to try to weaken democratic institutions, undermine US alliances and partnerships, and shape policy outcomes in the United States and elsewhere. [0] https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/2019-ATA-SFR---SSCI.pdf https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/2019-ATA-SFR---SSCI...
- lamarpye 8y agoThey have already done it. Just look at the cable news coverage for the past two years. Non-stop Trump is a traitor news.
- craftyguy 8y agoWhatever trump is, he is not a physical military invasion force from Russia.
- v_lisivka 8y agoAnd then they can "save" Alaska.
- gdy 8y agoAnd California!