Said it before, not quite the same

I’ve said this before in a somewhat different context. It’s doubly true now.

Cybersecurity is simply a continuation of pre-computer Deepstate evil. Immediately after FDR died, Deepstate overthrew the government and took over again. It immediately started prosecuting everyone who had helped FDR save the country from Wall Street, and everyone who didn’t want to start another war.

Here’s the specific parallel: Deepstate imposed loyalty oaths on all jobs and schools. Businesses imposed loyalty oaths on many transactions. You had to sign or speak a pledge of allegiance several times each day if you wanted to get anything done.

Vets who had given part of their life, mind and body to PHYSICALLY DEFEND the PHYSICAL COUNTRY from a PHYSICAL ENEMY were more pissed than ordinary people. They had already shown their loyalty against a REAL enemy, now they had to prove their loyalty against a MYTHICAL FAKE NONEXISTENT FRAUDULENT MADE-UP FICTIONAL “enemy”.

In the computer era you have to check blanks and read psychedelic numbers and identify Bicycles and Crosswalks to get anything done.

The overall purpose of Deepstate security, both pre and post computer, is to generate chaos and pain. Smash and ruin and kill. It never protects secrets from adversaries. It always protects secrets from Americans.

COMPLEXITY MAKES THINGS EASIER FOR FRAUDSTERS AND SPIES.

Real spies have no compunction about lying on oaths. Sophisticated lying is THEIR SPECIAL SKILL. Complexity makes it easier for spies to confuse people because people are ALREADY CONFUSED.

Fraudsters, pre and post computer, love complexity. Complex tax rules make it easier for billionaires to avoid taxes. Complex computer traps provide more points of contact for malware. A smooth frictionless system doesn’t have moments of delay or tests of skill, so it offers less opportunities to detour part of the information.

The same principle applies in honest business. A seller wants to keep you in the store or on the phone as long as possible, and wants to distract your attention with shiny things and shiny hopes. Persuaders, whether honest or dishonest, don’t want a smooth fast transaction.