> harden the populace is education I agree. But it is not the only requirement. Restoring control of technologies to the people is vital too. Intellectual self

> harden the populace is education I agree. But it is not the only requirement. Restoring control of technologies to the people is vital too. Intellectual self-defence requires a sceptical stance, but it also requires capability (other than simply switching off and opting out) Five giant websites plus endpoint computing that is neither owned nor controlled by passive "consumers" is a grave step in the wrong direction. In the "West" we've allowed this for reasons of private profit and government control, and I think in doing so we've created the very conditions for malign influence.