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Chief U.S. spy catcher says China using LinkedIn to recruit Americans

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Re: Chief U.S. spy catcher says China using LinkedIn to recruit Americans

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Post by x3n0ph3n3 »

nostromo wrote: post #30
dfsegoat wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Think of a scenario where certain government employees have accounts on some Private sector service: Maybe a Grindr or Tinder -- if they can work to obtain any sort of compromising information from those services - they can then use it to manipulate government employees ("Do what I say, or i'll out you")... In fact, pretty sure a Chinese co. recently obtained controlling interest of Grindr. https://www.nytimes.com/20…

We can inoculate ourselves to this threat by not caring about what politicians, government workers, and other people in general do in their private romantic lives.

Well, a think a spouse might justifiably care in the case of cheating.

Re: Chief U.S. spy catcher says China using LinkedIn to recruit Americans

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Post by scarejunba »

toast_coder wrote: post #13
monocasa wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why? That's the proven strategy to leapfrog yourself into a developed economy. It's what the US, Germany, and Japan all did.

The US, Germany, and Japan are all technology leaders. None of those nations leapfrogged into a developed nation by copying others.

Can't wait for the 2060 version: "Unlike Brazil or India, China is a technology leader. It didn't copy others."

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Post by Raphmedia »

Joe8Bit wrote: post #2

New InMail “Hi I saw your profile and it looked really interesting, have you considered a new oppprtinity in espionage and treason? Can we setup a phone call to discuss?”

I always fail the whiteboard interviews for those. I keep answering the "would you destroy your country" question wrong.

Re: Chief U.S. spy catcher says China using LinkedIn to recruit Americans

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Post by scarejunba »

oh_sigh wrote: post #37
ISL wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A counterexample: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Slater

Being familiar with a machine, and taking that knowledge elsewhere seems qualitatively different from wholesale copying of documents and blueprints.

This is really nothing different from Anthony Lewandowski and friends.

Re: Chief U.S. spy catcher says China using LinkedIn to recruit Americans

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Post by godzillabrennus »

projectramo wrote: post #45

New jobs program: you pretend to have all kinds of heavy duty intel, let the Chinese government hire you and then milk the new position for all it is worth. Could be a thriller, but I would pitch this one as a comedy.

All you need to make it happen is Seth Rogen and Roger Stone to collaborate.

Re: Chief U.S. spy catcher says China using LinkedIn to recruit Americans

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Post by jorblumesea »

The issue is that China has blurred lines between government and industry, and industry often uses government resources to accomplish "private" goals. Private defense companies use Chinese intelligence assets to gain access to IP as part of a strategic technological transfer.

The US has no such system. Private companies are left to their own devices and in some ways hostile to government help. On the government side, they are not well equipped to understand or handle the needs of individual businesses.

If we want to combat this, we need to seriously change the way we approach the problem. The reality is that private companies have immense long term strategic value for the US and we need to protect that.

Re: Chief U.S. spy catcher says China using LinkedIn to recruit Americans

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Post by throwawaymanbot »

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #22
dfsegoat wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Think of a scenario where certain government employees have accounts on some Private sector service: Maybe a Grindr or Tinder -- if they can work to obtain any sort of compromising information from those services - they can then use it to manipulate government employees ("Do what I say, or i'll out you")... In fact, pretty sure a Chinese co. recently obtained controlling interest of Grindr. https://www.nytimes.com/20…

> Maybe a Grindr Which is owned by a mainland Chinese firm [1]. [1] https://money.cnn.com/2016/01/12/technology/grindr-china-bei...

Everyone should patriotically sign up to Grindr now to muddy their results :P

Re: Chief U.S. spy catcher says China using LinkedIn to recruit Americans

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Post by projectramo »

godzillabrennus wrote: post #46
projectramo wrote: post #45

New jobs program: you pretend to have all kinds of heavy duty intel, let the Chinese government hire you and then milk the new position for all it is worth. Could be a thriller, but I would pitch this one as a comedy.

All you need to make it happen is Seth Rogen and Roger Stone to collaborate.

"WE got a good news bad news situation. The good news is, I convinced them that we are working on a nano-AI-solar-blockchain-social-drone"

"And the bad news?"

"They gave me some funding. I have to hire people. What's your cousin doing these days?"

Re: Chief U.S. spy catcher says China using LinkedIn to recruit Americans

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Post by [deleted] »

faitswulff wrote: post #4

I found it interesting that the espionage is largely aimed at the private sector and not the government: > About 70 percent of China’s overall espionage is aimed at the U.S. private sector, rather than the government, said Joshua Skule, the head of the FBI’s intelligence division, which is charged with countering foreign espionage in the United States. > “They are conducting economic espionage at a rate that is unpar…

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