Re:The QAnon Conspiracy Theory: A Security Threat in the Mak...
by dogman144 on Friday August 14, 2020 @11:56AM
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> I believe these intel agencies are able to infiltrate grassroots movements
Yeah this happened, per Mueller. Very large BLM Facebook group that organized rallies is an example.
I previously thought most of the psyops efforts were lower level IRA trolling, per what was in un-redacted Mueller.
Digging into some of the private sector threat intel reports around semi-attributed campaigns (see the link), there's evidence that more deliberate operations are occurring.
Most of those complex campaigns I read seemed focused on border states between Great Powers, and CONUS campaigns focused on sowing nonsense, chaos and mucking up comms channels. But I guess it's no large feat, beyond boldness, to employ something with more structured narrative inside the CONUS digital sphere of influence.
I mean "of course this is a thing that happens," but it's still a seriously interesting read on paper, it could easily be employed in the US, and it's pretty bold to do.
Yeah this happened, per Mueller. Very large BLM Facebook group that organized rallies is an example.
I previously thought most of the psyops efforts were lower level IRA trolling, per what was in un-redacted Mueller.
Digging into some of the private sector threat intel reports around semi-attributed campaigns (see the link), there's evidence that more deliberate operations are occurring.
Most of those complex campaigns I read seemed focused on border states between Great Powers, and CONUS campaigns focused on sowing nonsense, chaos and mucking up comms channels. But I guess it's no large feat, beyond boldness, to employ something with more structured narrative inside the CONUS digital sphere of influence.
I mean "of course this is a thing that happens," but it's still a seriously interesting read on paper, it could easily be employed in the US, and it's pretty bold to do.