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Nice funding scheme you have here. Develop a threat, write it up as if you're researching it for prevention. The more you work on it, the bigger the threat will
by gambler 5y ago
Nice funding scheme you have here. Develop a threat, write it up as if you're researching it for prevention. The more you work on it, the bigger the threat will get, the more money you can ask for to research "prevention" in the future. This is literally how a lot of this sort of research works.
- natpalmer1776 5y agoIt's a digital arms race. You can't prevent it from happening by condeming those who are participating. These unfolding events are merely organic consequences to overarching dysfunction within society.
- wpietri 5y agoYour theory is that nobody but researchers looking for funding to publish about threats would find these threats? That seems very optimistic to me.
- __MatrixMan__ 5y agoSeems like a convoluted way to secure research funding. If you don't care who you hurt it would probably be simpler to just go work for a defense contractor and drop the publication pretense altogether.