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The next step is bloodless, and the Stasi had it right. > By the 1970s, the Stasi had decided that methods of overt persecution which had been employed up to t
by ihsw 13y ago
The next step is bloodless, and the Stasi had it right.
> By the 1970s, the Stasi had decided that methods of overt persecution which had been employed up to that time, such as arrest and torture, were too crude and obvious. It was realised that psychological harassment was far less likely to be recognised for what it was, so its victims, and their supporters, were less likely to be provoked into active resistance, given that they would often not be aware of the source of their problems, or even its exact nature. Zersetzung was designed to side-track and "switch off" perceived enemies so that they would lose the will to continue any "inappropriate" activities.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stasi#Zersetzung http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stasi#Zersetzung
Data mining is extremely useful and a significant technological leap, but data manipulation on a massive scale is definitely something to marvel at.
Facebook is already impersonating your friends and family by showing fraudulent "likes" (but hiding them from their owners so as to prevent discovery), now imagine that the people you respond to on reddit and HN aren't actually people but instead they're trojan horses -- bots meant to influence society by manipulating it. MSM will no longer be the only domain that our elite overlords encroach upon.
- loceng 13y agoOr people paid to post scripted material, human bots - which I believe there has been evidence leaked at some point that this happens - can't remember where or when or other details unfortunately.
- newsmaster 13y agoI suspect this is already happening. There was a guide/tutorial posted a while ago on how to hijack a forum/thread and redirect the flow of conversation. I can't find the link but it was very detailed and wouldn't surprise me if someone was profiting from selling such a service as pr/thought/damage control.
- dreamfactory 13y agoIt's a major battleground already. The Russians are either far ahead or very unsubtle in this - it's particularly obvious with any story about Russia.
- 00rion 13y agoI'm curious to know what can be done to subvert this form of control both online and in the real world. Zersetzung sounds incredibly frightening and you're 100% correct that that's the direction we're going.
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- MrBuddyCasino 13y ago> Facebook is already impersonating your friends and family by showing fraudulent "likes" Do you have a source for that?
- ankitml 13y agoThey are using old likes of users for pages, to any new story that the page creates and pays for. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2267575/Is-Facebook-impersonating-users-promote-stories-theyve-seen-friends.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2267575/Is-Fa...