There SNAFU like an AFU - again
Two sides at least to every argument/discussion.
Worth noting that the Western democracies aren't exactly guiltless. Surveillance has been growing year by year, and the excuses - when the governments are found out - have been growing weaker and weaker.
The PRC's taking dossiers. The Russians have been putting up fake info on the social web for at least four years, most probably longer. The PRC and Russia have not always got along so nicely. Anyone see any risk to the PRC in this? let alone to Cambridge Analytica fanbois worldwide? Poisoning wells has long been a tactic in wars.
It's not a storm in a teacup. it's a very real threat to anyone using social media. But it's also a huge risk to the collators of this data - there's a possibility that somewhere someone along the way will have poisoned it - or after having collated it, someone might crack into it and poison it.
FWVVLIW - there SNAFU like an AFU ...
Biting the hand that feeds IT
