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I wonder why this happens: Details about the drone's specific deployment on the front remain undisclosed by the Ukrainians. I'd expect to publish all detail

I wonder why this happens: Details about the drone's specific deployment on the front remain undisclosed by the Ukrainians. I'd expect to publish all details of your enemy's weapons would be good for your side. Dump the software on the internet and let everyone search for weaknesses. Dump the hardware in full detail, and let everyone search for countermeasures. Reset every design advantage Russia has. What are they going to do, sue Ukraine for copyright infringement?

bdjsiqoocwk 3y ago
> I'd expect to publish all details of your enemy's weapons would be good for your side Wrong, telling your enemy what you know about them tells them about you.
petertodd 3y ago
Revealing what you know about enemy drones can also reveal to the enemy the capabilities of your own surveillance. For example, imagine that the enemy was using drones for surveillance flights over your territory. You might not want to publicly reveal data that you reveal which flights you have detected, or where you detected them, because that reveals info on your own anti-drone surveillance capabilities. Secondly, you might want to steer discussion of countermeasures towards groups operating in secret, to try to make sure that advances are not immediately discovered by the enemy. For example, if a new enemy drone uses a particular type of radio protocol that has a security exploit, you'd rather that security exploit be found out about and discussed in secret. Because you only get a limited opportunity to actually use that exploit in battle before it's patched. Better that the enemy has no idea you found the exploit for as long as possible, rather than them being able to just follow the work of third-party groups analyzing your drones. Obviously there's tradeoffs to both approaches. But doing things in secret makes a lot of sense.
- scyzoryk_xyz 3y ago
  Reminded of that Neal Stephenson Cryptonomicon but where after cracking the enigma the allies play a whole game of pretend so their adversaries don’t notice that their communications have been compromised. That’s ww2 - can’t imagine how much more complex and layered this shit would be. You don’t want them to know that you know that they know that you know etc.

bdjsiqoocwk 3y ago

> I'd expect to publish all details of your enemy's weapons would be good for your side Wrong, telling your enemy what you know about them tells them about you.

petertodd 3y ago

Revealing what you know about enemy drones can also reveal to the enemy the capabilities of your own surveillance. For example, imagine that the enemy was using drones for surveillance flights over your territory. You might not want to publicly reveal data that you reveal which flights you have detected, or where you detected them, because that reveals info on your own anti-drone surveillance capabilities. Secondly, you might want to steer discussion of countermeasures towards groups operating in secret, to try to make sure that advances are not immediately discovered by the enemy. For example, if a new enemy drone uses a particular type of radio protocol that has a security exploit, you'd rather that security exploit be found out about and discussed in secret. Because you only get a limited opportunity to actually use that exploit in battle before it's patched. Better that the enemy has no idea you found the exploit for as long as possible, rather than them being able to just follow the work of third-party groups analyzing your drones. Obviously there's tradeoffs to both approaches. But doing things in secret makes a lot of sense.

scyzoryk_xyz 3y ago
Reminded of that Neal Stephenson Cryptonomicon but where after cracking the enigma the allies play a whole game of pretend so their adversaries don’t notice that their communications have been compromised. That’s ww2 - can’t imagine how much more complex and layered this shit would be. You don’t want them to know that you know that they know that you know etc.