• koavf@lemmy.mlOP
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    4 days ago

    The CIA has never been up to anything good for its entire existence

    How is the Open Source Enterprise bad?

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      4 days ago

      Because it’s entire purpose is to identify and exploit snitches and potential assets. OSINT is literally just a CIA recruitment tool.

      I can say with 100% certainty that anything with the CIA fingerprints all over it is an inherently evil operation. Those in question were literally doing treason on their own government by directly collaborating with a hostile foreign power. The US has done the exact same thing during the cold war.

      Of course in that case I support the communist sympathizers in the US but the point is you know the risks when you sell out your country.

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        4 days ago

        Because it’s [sic] entire purpose is to identify and exploit snitches and potential assets. OSINT is literally just a CIA recruitment tool.

        I would be interested in any evidence you have for this assertion.

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            3 days ago

            Where does this prove that OSINT is literally just a CIA recruitment tool?

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              That is what the CIA does. This is relevant because this is the shit they are recruiting people to do.

              The CIA is inherently evil and was founded with literal Nazis.

              @[email protected] I know you are more qualified to answer this so I am taggin you in comrade.

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                12 hours ago

                I’m not sure if you saw the rest of this thread, but I sincerely recommend against following this guy’s approach to basic communication. If you want to progress your thought or be able to articulate anything from a left-wing perspective without just looking like you have no clue what you’re talking about, there are much better ways to approach it.

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                3 days ago

                All I am asking you to do is substantiate a claim that you made.

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                  The best recent resource that does a deep dive into the US’s hand in open source projects, is Yasha Levine - Surveillance Valley.

                  Its a longer history on how and why the US developed the internet - as a counter-revolutionary surveillance and information warfare tool to aid the empire, and also how it coopts youthful/enthusiastic tech movements to aid in that goal. The later chapters get into the current phase of this, using open source tools funded by the US national security state to fight its current enemies.

                  cc @[email protected]

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                    Does it answer the question I asked or is it tangential anti-Americanism?