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The intelligence capabilities of other nations don't come close to what the NSA can do. This is like comparing a pee wee football to the NFL.
by MagicWishMonkey 13y ago
The intelligence capabilities of other nations don't come close to what the NSA can do.
This is like comparing a pee wee football to the NFL.
- mpyne 13y agoHow many of the Snowden cables were regarding actions by GCHQ? If anything intelligence is something that's easier for other states to do as long as you're willing to be less capable than "I could plant a SCADA malware that would slightly affect UF6 production in an airgapped network, in a way that would be irreversibly destructive before it could be detected". For the rest of what they do, the resource investment costs are far lower than fielding a "real" military, and it's even much easier to find quality amateurs and train them up to professional standards since you don't need 100,000-man armies to have an impact. That's the unpleasant reality of automation for the U.S.; it levels the playing field for the rest of the world. VUPEN doesn't work in a vacuum after all; I'd be willing to bet the French state itself has quite capable cyber surveillance, attack, etc. capabilities.
- nl 13y agoPretty sure both the Chinese and Russians have reasonable intelligence capabilities, especially online.