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<p>Glen - <br>
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<p>Thanks for that link/reference. I appreciate that there ARE
such things as "influence operations" and Schneier's description
is helpful, but I guess I'm still not clear on how I can tell
objectively that "project evidence" is up to that. To build my
own strawman that maybe you can bolster up to more of a steelman:</p>
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<li>I have a gut reaction to it that says "this feels like the
kind of conspiracy-theory the trolls-I-know-to-hate are likely
to be hatching".</li>
<li>The EPSTEIN thing is weird... I guess if they'd just removed
the reference and not referenced it, THAT would have been even
more of a hint that they were up to no good.</li>
<li>The tone of the introduction, etc. seems a bit "protest too
much" <br>
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<li>The sheer bulk of the material without obvious additional
organization feels like a "dogpile" technique (ro maybe as you
suggest "baffle-em-with-bullshit" or TL;DR ?</li>
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<p>I guess what I was asking for is whether you found any specific
elements or if there is a more specific (than my lame list above)
structural thing to question. I *didn't* follow the myriad
references and validate them, and I *don't* have a broad enough
understanding of the field to estimate how biased their list of
articles is... if they are blatantly cherry picking or what?</p>
<p>When publication like this was much harder, the volume of
material was small enough that it seems like traditional
journalists could possibly keep up with more in-depth analysis?</p>
<p>I suppose rather than asking YOU if/how you have done its, or if
I should go search for other critical analysis of this
"project"... <br>
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<p>- Steve<br>
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Not more elaborate, but it falls directly in line with the "influence operations" refined by Schneier:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2019/08/influence_opera.html">https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2019/08/influence_opera.html</a>
On 4/20/20 11:49 AM, Steven A Smith wrote:
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Do you have a more elaborate analysis of what you think they are up to?
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