tuxwise<p>(13/N) The sixth, and last, category of adversaries:</p><p><strong>“They”</strong></p><p>“They” want to define boundaries and acceptable behavior for the masses, as well as monitor compliance on a large scale, and enforce it on an individual level.</p><p>As a consequence, permanent mass <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> of all types of assets is a means of monitoring the compliance of the majority, and of detecting deviant behavior. Legalizing more and more monitoring options becomes a goal, including international partnerships on information exchange. Depriving you of your assets, temporarily or permanently, is a means of enforcing your compliance or obedience. The mere threat of this can be sufficient to create a <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/ChillingEffect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChillingEffect</span></a>.</p><p>State-sponsored actors (such as hacker groups) and nation-state threat actors (in the form of intelligence services, law enforcement, censorship offices, and other <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> agencies) fall into this category. It also includes <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/companies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>companies</span></a> that have either a monopoly, or a significant share of an oligopolistic market, or portfolio of services specifically targeted at the public sector.</p><p>While the entities in this category may seem wildly heterogeneous at first, remember that there are <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/RevolvingDoors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RevolvingDoors</span></a> between them, for swapping their respective “ex” members. Beyond lobbying, there is also a complex, ongoing collaboration between many of them, which has been described as “grey intelligence”, “grey policing”, “public-private partnership”, etc.</p><p>Start of this thread:<br><a href="https://mastodon.de/@tuxwise/113503228291818865" translate="no" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.de/@tuxwise/113503228</span><span class="invisible">291818865</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/ThreatModeling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThreatModeling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/4D" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>4D</span></a></p>