[emouryto]

Of course, this is only a problem in Afghanistan. It can't possibly be a problem into western democracies :)

The instrumentalization of western states is so good the populace might as well be a crop.

[veltas]

It seems to me like the author focuses on the Taliban's seizure of such data as a way of bringing absolutely everyone onto the page of "data can be misused", maybe aimed at the field that was cautiously optimistic about the transition to more data in the hands of the farmers.