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Assume 3% of the population is malicious. Enough to be cautious, enough to think about how to catch bad actors, not so much as to close yourself off and become
by saalweachter 3y ago
Assume 3% of the population is malicious.
Enough to be cautious, enough to think about how to catch bad actors, not so much as to close yourself off and become a paranoid hermit.
- pizzafeelsright 3y agoHuh. I never really thought of it as a percentage. I've been evil, been wonderful, and indifferent at different stages in life. I have known those who have done similar for money, fame, and boredom. I think, given a backstory, incentive, opportunity, and resources it would be possible to most people to flip from wouldn't to enlisted. Leverage has shown to be the biggest lever when it comes to compliance.
- heresie-dabord 3y agoWe live in a time of populous, wealthy dictatorships that have computer-science expertise are openly hostile to the US and Canada. North America is only about 5% of the world's population. [1] (We can assume that malicious actors are in North America, too, but this helps to adjust our perspective.) The percentage of maliciousness on the Internet is much higher. [1] _ See continental subregions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_continents_and_continental_subregions_by_population https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_continents_and_contine...
- tomthehero 3y ago[flagged]
- heresie-dabord 3y ago> If you put it in other words You may of course choose whatever words you like. But your statement is nonsense, and the failures in the Middle East are all humanity's fault. The kakistocracies of CN, RU, and IR are not the feeble foes of democracy and capitalism that they were in the 20th century.
- richrichie 3y agoHuh? The empirical evidence we have - thanks to Snowden leaks - paints a different picture. NSA is the biggest malicious actor with nearly unlimited resources at hand. They even insert hardware backdoors and intercept shipment to do that.
- heresie-dabord 3y ago> NSA is the biggest malicious actor I'm curious, how do you rank CN, RU, and IR?
- richrichie 3y agoThey are all active players, but no where close to the top dog.
- rieter 3y agoThat doesn't mean that the entire population of those countries is actively hostile to you.
- account42 3y agoThe US government itself is openly hostile to the US (as well as to the rest of the world). > The percentage of maliciousness on the Internet is much higher. A baseless assumption.