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Am I the only one getting tired of these "there's a Russian under American's bed" stories?
Sorry man, but there's a lot of truth to that. I noticed Russian-based attacks against the website within minutes of publication. I guarantee you by the end of the day, they'll be hammering it.
Am I the only one getting tired of these "there's a Russian under American's bed" stories?
Nope. But it keeps people busy from noticing their own government's bleep-ups. Somebody just earned a bowl of soup.
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Sorry man, but there's a lot of truth to that. I noticed Russian-based attacks against the website within minutes of publication. I guarantee you by the end of the day, they'll be hammering it.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Please provide us with some.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Sorry man, but there's a lot of truth to that. I noticed Russian-based attacks against the website within minutes of publication. I guarantee you by the end of the day, they'll be hammering it.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Please provide us with some.
Am I the only one getting tired of these "there's a Russian under American's bed" stories?
Sorry man, but there's a lot of truth to that. I noticed Russian-based attacks against the website within minutes of publication. I guarantee you by the end of the day, they'll be hammering it.
Providing some proof of these things is part of the story, but instead we just get an "I guarantee you".
Fortunately, if Russia tracks my every move, it will have no effect on anything at all.
What geek doesn’t like a good conspiracy theory? Well, I’ve got one for you – a follow-the-money chain that leads from the head of Russian state to an app that is installed on millions of personal phones - one that you probably use every day.
Well, a good geek doesn't want this type of "slop" content, because we label it "click bait". It's click bait because you only indicate social connections exist between entities of question and use excessive hype to build to the idea. It only raises more questions and does nothing to answer anything concrete about the "situation".
> If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic.
That's from the posting guidelines on HN. We like answers here, not more questions.
What geek doesn’t like a good conspiracy theory? Well, I’ve got one for you – a follow-the-money chain that leads from the head of Russian state to an app that is installed on millions of personal phones - one that you probably use every day.
> What geek doesn’t like a good conspiracy theory? Well, a good geek doesn't want this type of "slop" content, because we label it "click bait". It's click bait because you only indicate social connections exist between entities of question and use excessive hype to build to the idea. It only raises more questions and does nothing to answer anything concrete about the "situation". > If they'd cover it on TV news, it'…
Fortunately, if Russia tracks my every move, it will have no effect on anything at all.
BUT if Russia (or just pick any foreign govt agency that is capable of this, pick your favorite enemy foreign or domestic) can do this to a HUGE number of people, this makes us all less private/safe/secure. I actually don't know what the best word is to use. Using these apps certainly impacts our privacy in ways we don't fully understand. It probably makes use less safe/secure as well? Also is ways we can't always kn…
How?
It doesn't. Russia doesn't care what a huge number of people are doing; trying to keep track of them would do nothing but waste their time and resources. They want to target a few specific people.