trust no one except perhaps interfluidity
Steve Randy Waldman appears to have independently rediscovered the idea of a low-trust society and to have quantified a transition point.
Read More trust no one except perhaps interfluidityJune 26, 2014
heywoood, always up to no goood
There’s a bit more on the war of Coulson’s Clearance here, from Robert Peston, who I seem to remember attracted attention back in 2011 as being oddly pro-Murdoch. I know the answer to why Coulson was not given top level security vetting in 2010. What happened was that Cabinet Secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood had decided…
Read More heywoood, always up to no gooodThe problems of Puffin Party security
Here’s an interesting story of a Russian military intelligence officer deployed into Ukraine, apparently under plausibly-deniable cover, whose communications were meant to hide in plain sight among the chaotic noise of the Internet. Specifically, he’s a gamer and re-enactor in private life and he tried to use the channels of this subculture. Unfortunately for him,…
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