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by dumbledoren 226 days ago
Right. Its not like recent statistics showed that the US was the place where most of the cyberattacks originate. And its not like both the US and UK are openly saying that they are maximizing cyberwarfare against everyone as if it was something to be proud of. The country that is facilitating a livestreamed genocide in Gaza, is the 'good guys' to be trusted in cyberwarfare, for 'some' reason.

But, then again, in the Angloamerican culture, its always 'others' who are evil. Never itself.
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frm88 226 days ago
In 2024 there was a study with regards to cyber crime per country [1]. The US comes in 4th place which is still a lot, but doesn't qualify for most. The UK is 8th.

Live streaming Gaza: I could not find a reliable source. As of today there are several webcam etc. claiming to live stream. I don't have the time to watch to verify this. However, there was a news block I place until recently and except for the occasional TikTok nothing on video, let alone 'live'.

[0] https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal...

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dumbledoren 224 days ago
> I could not find a reliable source

Thousands of videos livestreamed on twitter, some by even the actual victims who die at the end of the video. If you havent been able to find any of them until now after 1.5 years of genocide, you will never find them. And not because you could not.

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frm88 221 days ago
Without an account, I cannot search twitter and I won't make one for the sake of an argument on HN. Besides, twitter is hardly a reliable source.
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SllX 226 days ago
Out of curiosity, can you give me an example of a presently extant culture that does view itself as evil?
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brabel 226 days ago
The UK maybe?? The always had a little self loathing tendencies and since they decided their past Empire was actually quite evil, that seems to have become worse.
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SllX 226 days ago
They’re the “Anglo” in “Angloamerican culture” that the parent is talking about.
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louthy 226 days ago
> Right. It’s not like recent statistics showed that the US was the place where most of the cyberattacks originate.

Link?

> And it’s not like both the US and UK are openly saying that they are maximizing cyberwarfare against everyone as if it was something to be proud of.

Link?

> The country that is facilitating a livestreamed genocide in Gaza

Which country is that? And where’s the livestream streaming?

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p337 226 days ago
Wait, what data are you seeing where most cyber attacks are originating from the US? I work in security at a place with some of the best threat intelligence globally, and there are indeed attacks from the US, even the government, but the idea that MOST cyberattacks originate from the US would be completely shocking to me. Is there some qualifier you're not including or maybe you misremembered "most targeted" as originated?

I'm not really trying to get into the political part of it fwiw.

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