Spying Breeds Evermore Spying
Cracking Down on Dissent, Russia Seeds a Surveillance Supply Chain
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/03/technology/russia-ukraine-surveillance-tech.html
Cypher
Striking how similar the Russian initiative mirrors the US programs Edward Snowden revealed. But that has been the long history of spying with each sponsor developing countermeasures in response to initiatives by opponents, verily in synchronicity.
A consequence is that measures aimed at opponents eventually become used against internal threats, alleged or genuine, as Snowden's partially disclosed data showed.
Always left undisclosed are those methods and techniques which are too valuable to be shared inside spying organizations, instead carefully selected portions are provided for public release amply prepared for maximum attention, that is, through orchestrated leaks as old as spying itself.
Cyber security appears to be perfectly invented and promulgated to fit the worldwide expansion of digital communication with ever more elaborate explanations how the prying, peeking, tracking, identification are accomplished, but leaving open the obvious skepticism of what is not being disclosed.
Eventually this moment will be superceded by another and another mildly shocking exposure of tarantulas fighting within a bottle. As expected of AI for intelligence has forever been artificial and hugely entertaining.