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Re:Weapons in Space Technology, Politics, and the Rise and F... by simmerup on Friday May 10, 2024 @09:15AM (#40318593)
Wonder if anyone can comment on how this played out in other periods where states could maintain large plausible deniability, like when we it was normal to hire privateers to interfere with other nations trade?

Maybe if people move towards the actions with plausible deniability, it reduces the risk of major (attributable) action being taken

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Re:Weapons in Space Technology, Politics, and the Rise and F... by sorokod on Friday May 10, 2024 @10:34AM (#40319520)
Privateers had to be officially sanctioned by a state (e.g. letter of marque). Don't think that plausible deniability was an expected benefit.
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Re:Weapons in Space Technology, Politics, and the Rise and F... by holonsphere on Monday May 13, 2024 @12:32AM (#40339812)
Cryptography + guerrila warfare go hand and hand. AI too if you'd believe it. Look to history.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S156625352...

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