4 ms·
I agree that general "All Chinese are spying on you!" is not a helpful message, but nation-state espionage, generally, is not a bad thing to be aware of overall
by sailfast 8y ago
I agree that general "All Chinese are spying on you!" is not a helpful message, but nation-state espionage, generally, is not a bad thing to be aware of overall. The article also doesn't seem to fear-monger so much as call out recent espionage attempts while also citing the difficulty of detection because most folks are here for the right reasons.
As for "leave it to the professionals", you left out a key component from your list - the people doing the work - doing the research, building the devices. Engineers, professors. The people doing the work are the first line for any social engineering or simple vector attacks. Anyone that works with this information reads and signs things but if they haven't really been tested or understand the consequences, maybe they forget.
Having a reminder that it's OK to be impolite when somebody you don't know asks you overly specific questions you're not supposed to share is not always a bad thing.
- neilv 8y agoWhen I said "leave it to the professionals", I meant to cover the workers indirectly when I said "corporate security". Corporate security personnel shouldn't be getting operational info from popular press.
- sailfast 8y agoAgreed, but corporate security is also not out at the bar on a Friday. One would hope that facilities security folks would at a minimum be briefing people, but that stuff costs money, and probably doesn't happen as much as it should.
- C1sc0cat 8y agoWould not anyone working in that sort of area not have been vetted and given guidance on what to look for.
- sailfast 8y agoI've found that people in many areas of work are given guidance and training then either: a) forget over time b) ignore the policy because they think they know better c) ignore the policy because it is inconvenient (this is my favorite!) d) ignore the policy because it is personally advantageous to them (either for reputation, money, etc) Reminders never hurt (assuming they are reminders and not over the top bigoted screeds) So many people think they understand what the impacts are if they bend some of these rules, or ignore them a bit for convenience. I would argue that most of the time, unless the stakes are consistently high, they do not.