So many problems. First, the threat isn't symmetric—an authoritarian country with closed public sphere isn't vulnerable the same way.https://twitter.com/NBCNightlyNews/status/787063275771101184 …
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Second: escalation is a no-win situation and you won't get deterrence (if that's the thinking). Better: focus on defense and resilience.
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Third, it doesn't matter if you are convinced the hacks are Russia or not. The methods are not limited to nation-states. If only they were.
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If it were indeed only Russia to worry about—a nation-state with definable interests—I'd assume there are many non-escalatory ways to deal.
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Leaking Putin's [bank accounts? mistresses? operations against dissidents?] won't harm Russia's "democracy"—patient already not doing well.
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Baseless distraction & confusion harms a democracy; an authoritarian will shrug, deny, and respond with confusion within country. The usual.
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Whatever the source of (obviously targeted) political hacks, the response is the same. Build resilience. Better security, better politics.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Thomas Rid
1-[Spooks] expose Putin's unsavory tactics. 2-Putin asks where he can buy hi-res versions of the pictures. 3-...https://twitter.com/RidT/status/787226995105140736 …
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