May 14, 2022

Intelligence analysis on “foreign countries doing war” is… not very accurate. They’re 0 for 2 in the last 12 months.

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/05/13/politics/us-intelligence-review-ukraine/index.html

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Here’s a great thread on analysis of Russian and Ukrainian military capacity.

Kamil Galeev @kamilkazani

Very good question. I would however separate it to two different topics: 1. Why was the Russian army so much overrated? 2. Why was the Ukrainian army so much underrated? Let's try to briefly discuss both. This is far from a complete answer however🧵

Tom Nichols @RadioFreeTom

With that said, it *is* a good question to ask: Why did the IC (including our allies) not see how utterly hollow the Russian military has become. That's worth looking into. How good is our assessment ability? https://t.co/PCjtwY1DTj

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Friday the 13th Glasshouse Session is available on YouTube.

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UAVs are a huge part of modern warfare. I’m curious about why there aren’t Hunter killer UAVs that track down and destroy other drones. Similarly for loitering munitions. All these flying vehicles, even minor damage to the airframe can be fatal. Counter loitering motions… maybe, “move along” munitions?

Nathan Ruser @Nrg8000

Armed Burmese resistance groups have now created standardised large drones that are capable of dropping mortar rounds. Modified commercial drones that drop small bomblets have proliferated across Myanmar in the last three months or so, but these DIY ones have a larger payload.

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Clackity clackity clack

https://www.techradar.com/uk/news/your-mechanical-keyboard-isnt-just-annoying-its-also-a-security-risk

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Dejan Kosutic @Dejan_Kosutic

“Do not expect users to make the security decisions that the system designers cannot make.” - M. Ugur Aksu

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The UK’s flustercuck online safety bill is bat shit. Here’s the opinion of a legal expert

Graham Smith @cyberleagle

@ricallan OK, but glossing over the fundamental difference between applying a duty of care to objective physical injury and subjectively perceived harm is where this all started to go wrong five years ago!

cyberleagle.comTake care with that social media duty of careShould social media platforms be subject to a statutory duty of care, akin to occupiers’ liability or health and safety, with the aim of pr...

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