Data as an instrument of war

[Griz882]

One day in the not too distant future, we will possibly face a shooting war with an adversary far more capable and lethal than AQ, IS, and the Taliban. On that day, there will be US tech companies that are providing (and unless stopped by a responsible adult in the US govt, will continue to provide) valuable aid and materiel support to the enemy in the form of data and data control.

When that happens the government (ours) will shut down almost all social media for the sake of national security.

 

[Flash]

And yet, the woke tech giants are doing exactly that in the digital domain, picking and choosing who wins and loses on their platforms, stating that their TOS are self-determined and absolute, and they can adjudicate TOS violations in private without transparency.

You're complaints about Twitter and the other tech giants is 'small ball', like neighborhood t-ball level, while the folks who actually work on data as an instrument in warfare for a living are looking at a much larger and more important picture.

For all the information 'victories' that the USSR had in the Cold War they still lost, badly, because all the smoke and mirrors in the world can't fix underlying rot.

 

[Hair Warrior]

You're complaints about Twitter and the other tech giants is 'small ball', like neighborhood t-ball level, while the folks who actually work on data as an instrument in warfare for a living are looking at a much larger and more important picture.

I just don’t talk about it here.

Also: *your

 

[Flash]

I just don’t talk about it here.

Also: *your

That is certainly not evident by your postings here, on this thread or anywhere else on AW.

 

[bubblehead]

Has anyone here ever bothered to read the Terms of Service for any of these platforms? I'd also encourage you to read the Terms of Use/Service for your cellular carrier.

 

[Griz882]

Has anyone here ever bothered to read the Terms of Service for any of these platforms? I'd also encourage you to read the Terms of Use/Service for your cellular carrier.

And I encourage you to read the Bible in Sanskrit.

 

[bubblehead]

And I encourage you to read the Bible in Sanskrit.

Invalid comparison because you can actually read the Terms of Use because they are in the f*cking English language... If you can read and understand a NATOPS you can read and understand a Terms of Use...

 

[Griz882]

Invalid comparison because you can actually read the Terms of Use because they are in the f*cking English language... If you can read and understand a NATOPS you can read and understand a Terms of Use...

Sorry dad.

 

[bubblehead]

Ok Seaman Timmy... Let's go slowly..

Twitter's ToS

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By using the Services you agree to be bound by these Terms.

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OMG... This is TOPGUN material... Super fucking complicated...

 

[Griz882]

Ok Seaman Timmy... Let's go slowly..

Twitter's ToS












OMG... This is TOPGUN material... Super fucking complicated...

Oh for fuck’s sake, grow up! You don’t have to appreciate or even grin over a joke, but no one here needs your pathetic pedantry.

 

[bubblehead]

Oh for fuck’s sake, grow up! You don’t have to appreciate or even grin over a joke, but no one here needs your pathetic pedantry.

Hmmmm... Yeah... I'm going to need for you to come in this weekend...

 

[Jim123]

I still don't understand natops... something about flying low across the trees and it sticking to kids.

 

[bubblehead]

something about flying low across the trees and it sticking to kids.

Ok Kobe...

 

[Griz882]

Hmmmm... Yeah... I'm going to need for you to come in this weekend...

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[Hair Warrior]

The Bostom Celtics just violated China’s TOS. Tsk tsk, Celtics. Don’t you know about the TOS?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/10/21/nba-china-boston-celtics-enes-kanter/