[HN Gopher] Psychological Operations
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Psychological Operations
Author : georgecmu
Score : 9 points
Date : 2022-03-02 15:25 UTC (7 hours ago)
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| Linearbandit wrote:
| I imagine it would be more or less appealing for persons
| interested, to see the engineering side contributions of PsyOps.
| Individuals wearing fatigues sitting moderating social media all
| night long will be soon forgotten. Like the horse driven plow.
| The idea of mechanized disinformation as a trend moving forward
| seems likely. The results of planting personnel into
| social/familial groups as counter insurgence have been
| inefficient. this is due to the human condition and our ability
| to forget key fragments of an operation protocol that is so
| personalized. Deep undercover agents in the past proved to be
| high risk for defecting. It is perhaps most efficient in terms of
| delays to produce systems such as counterfeit blockchain
| technologies, automated subversion of academic journalism, ect.
| PsyOPs is really a long term tool beyond elected governments and
| generations of people. It would involve hardware specifications
| in manufacturing and global natural resource management schemes.
| The_rationalist wrote:
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