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I don't know about you, but I have very sensitive conversations with my self--out loud--while making toast.
by elindbe2 6y ago
I don't know about you, but I have very sensitive conversations with my self--out loud--while making toast.
- mydongle 6y agoI too engage in classified discussions regarding geopolitics and military operations while making toast.
- johnchristopher 6y agoThe enemy would rather you to have conversations about private matters they can blackmail you with though (or any piece of information that would help them find out how to help you tip to their side).
- 8note 6y agoThey're going to find out you eat Dijon mustard, disqualifying you from running for president
- imesh 6y agoI don't. But I imagine I would if it was my job.
- thephyber 6y agoI dislike this kind of thinking in security -- it is a very 19th century. The reason we only think about state security in the context of "geopolitics and military operations" is because that's all we hear about and that's probably all that nation-states used to be able to resource. But with cloud + machine learning + sufficient sensors, the old assumptions about resource scarcity for security intelligence collection is flipped. It used to take a few "James Bond" agents, a few "Q" engineers, and a large support staff to work one case at a time. That scarcity calculus is completely different now. Instead of "1 civilian to every 300 police officers", new data collection feels more like "300 police officers to every 1 civilian". The only thing that stops any sufficiently large organization from collecting dossiers on every person on Earth is "complexity versus competence".
- TeMPOraL 6y agoAgreed. So to me, it's just a matter of time - with the data advertisers already have, it would only take getting that data in the same room with a few smart spooks, and you'd have something to act on to police thinking, if your government was so inclined.