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That's an absurd overreach. I can't figure out what the real motivation for this is. > hostile state actors are stealing information and gaining access to syst
by btbuildem 1y ago
That's an absurd overreach. I can't figure out what the real motivation for this is.
> hostile state actors are stealing information and gaining access to systems that are critical to our national security and public safety
If they're hostile state actors, they've got internet access from elsewhere. It's a global network.
I am not dismissing cyber-threats, but perhaps I would weigh them differently. To me, the largest issue is the cultural influence and political meddling affected by the increasingly hostile state - Canada's southern neighbour.
A much better defence would be to quarantine or outright block access to the large social media platforms, and make space for homegrown alternatives. On balance, these players do more harm than good, and they're massive vectors for foreign political interference.
- dmitrygr 1y ago> I can't figure out what the real motivation for this is. Can't you?
- tim333 1y agoI can't either. Seems dumb. "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity". What do you think the motivation is?
- account42 1y ago"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity" is so stupid that anyone still repeating it should be assumed to be malicious.
- sethammons 1y agoPower. The ability to silence and isolate your enemies from within.
- gpm 1y agoI don't believe this is about disinformation at all. It's about not letting hostile state actors have an off switch for our infrastructure (only really relevant in wartime), or to be able to man in the middle it at will (relevant in both as an espionage tool). I.e. it's a cyber war measure not a propaganda war measure.