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Seems to me that the superpowers have already figured out how to neutralize the Internet: flood it with bullshit. Disinformation works on the same principle as
by api 7y ago
Seems to me that the superpowers have already figured out how to neutralize the Internet: flood it with bullshit.
Disinformation works on the same principle as radar chaff. When something is trying to see you you blow out a bunch of shiny tinsel and nobody can tell signal from noise.
You can't keep secrets but you can definitely drown the truth. Online conspiracy nuts and other useful idiots are happy to help out by adding their own amateur BS to the noise screen.
- mlb_hn 7y agoWharley (1982) is a great paper formalizing how militaries use deception [1]. There's a lot of combinations of tactics to use disinformation to distract from the truth beyond the chaff case. [1] https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/01402398208437106 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/0140239820843710...