Update (Insider Sept 17): The BBC in 2019 reported that human traffickers were using Facebook’s services to sell domestic workers. Apple threatened to remove Facebook from its App Store after a report about an online slave market. The Wall Street Journal reports that Facebook knew about the practice even before Apple made its threat. There … Continue reading Facebook Lied About Encryption and Mines Outrage for Profit
In the 1980s under Ronald Reagan American military intelligence plastered Afghanistan with posters like the following one, promoting violent religious extremism as a form of invincibility. That old propaganda campaign has come full circle now, as I see very similar thinking (obviously seeded by Russian military intelligence) being propagated by posters (pun intended) on LinkedIn. … Continue reading Afghanistan Disinformation in the Age of LinkedIn
The Air Force is having a moment regarding a decision to abort an exercise due to sleep loss. “If it was a real world sortie, I can guarantee that those crews would get their energy drinks of choice, roll out to the plane, and fly to defend our nation,” he said. “I don’t know of … Continue reading “Quitting” When Unready: A Curious Case of Sleep Loss
My head hurt when I read a new “insider” article on detecting and preventing hate on big data platforms. It’s awful on many, many levels. It’s like seeing a story on airplane safety in hostile territory where former staff reveal they couldn’t agree politically on how to measure gravity in a way that appeased a … Continue reading Big Tech Admits Security Teams Politically Directed and Intentionally Blind to Hate Groups