Deepfakes are risky for information warfare, but exciting new capabilities for security Chocolate covered Brussel Sprouts I’ve always been sceptical of deepfakes. What are they good for? I’ve never understood the excitement over the perceived utility of deep fakes for disinformation in information warfare. Information warfare does not need deepfakes, cheapfakes are more than enough. Finally, someone […]
A Kompromat Mystery
Collapsing the Austrian government with a video This is not the alleged “Putin’s friend’s niece” but actually Tatjana Gudenus, wife of the Austrian political who arranged the meeting The Austrian vice chancellor, HC Strache an extreme right wing politician, was exposed in a brilliant piece of kompromat that has collapsed a government in a weekend. When deploying […]
WWII Radio Listener Security
A Small Collection of Vignettes •••– The most successful propaganda program in history was the famous BBC V for Victory opening of wartime broadcasts for Occupied Europe. It was also a security nightmare for people trying to surreptitiously listen to the illegal broadcasts. Here are several other security issues around the BBC and radio safety. […]