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I saw a thing where groups are paying cash strapped Russians crypto to destroy their own infrastructure. This could blow back on the West, forcing the shutdown
by labrador 4y ago
I saw a thing where groups are paying cash strapped Russians crypto to destroy their own infrastructure. This could blow back on the West, forcing the shutdown of crypto altogether. If I had any crypto I'd get out now.
- kylebenzle1 4y ago[dead]
- ta988 4y agoAnd where can we find that thing?
- labrador 4y agoI can't remember. I didn't think much of it at the time. The gravity of it sank in later. Probably some "anonymous" channels on Twitter, which is why I didn't take it seriously at first
- electrondood 4y agoThat's almost as funny as hyper-targeting individual voters in swing states with propaganda based on campaign polling data you got directly from the campaign.
- labrador 4y agoSpin up an AI dedicated to each registered voter in a swing state to figure out how to sway their vote. A few hundred or thousand in close races could be all it takes. "Joan B. likes to vote in person, she's likely to vote the wrong way, she's unlikely to vote if she can't drive to the polls, she owns a Tesla, which can be disabled with this software attack on voting day" I'm just blue skying it, but you get the idea. It'll be interesting to see what kind of targeting AI enables.
- pjc50 4y agoI have no doubt this kind of thing will happen. Micro-ai-targeting will make it possible to fake whatever film or images are needed to convince a person, along with a persuasive call from one of their relatives.
- onlyrealcuzzo 4y agoRussia exports about $700M of oil & gas per day. The real liquidity of the crypto market is comically small to meaningfully help Russia circumvent sanctions.