National security is the sum total of the individual earned securities
of each citizen, no more or less.
The distortion occurs when "national security" becomes the interests
of a business elite, or a political party, or the job security of the
security services themselves. We lose focus about what "security"
really is.
I agree with your point (as I understand it), but to my knowledge
there isn't and never has been a division of national apparatus
dedicated to defence of culture, national values, and the sanity of
our children from insidious foreign propaganda. And as for direct
counter-propaganda we are not allowed to direct psyops internally, at
least not with a taxpayer's dollar.
The "disappearance of the perimeter", as understood through the lens
of the Huawei debacle is an example of how fast this has materialised
and ambushed us in the social media age. But to be honest, I see the
same problems with Facebook or US companies filtering and amplifying
values.
There isn't an easy answer. There are not enough human resources.
There is very little common agreement. Nobody wants to open that can
of worms. Doing so would mean going up against powerful businesses and
I don't think the IC has the stomach for it or can adapt to the
changing threats fast enough.
So we just keep pretending "national security" is limited to
industrial espionage by the Chinese or hacking by the Russians and so
on.
That's why I think individual Digital Self Defence via education is
the only option. It needs baking into the curriculum for age 6
upwards.
National security is the sum total of the individual earned securities of each citizen, no more or less.
The distortion occurs when "national security" becomes the interests of a business elite, or a political party, or the job security of the security services themselves. We lose focus about what "security" really is.
I agree with your point (as I understand it), but to my knowledge there isn't and never has been a division of national apparatus dedicated to defence of culture, national values, and the sanity of our children from insidious foreign propaganda. And as for direct counter-propaganda we are not allowed to direct psyops internally, at least not with a taxpayer's dollar.
The "disappearance of the perimeter", as understood through the lens of the Huawei debacle is an example of how fast this has materialised and ambushed us in the social media age. But to be honest, I see the same problems with Facebook or US companies filtering and amplifying values.
There isn't an easy answer. There are not enough human resources. There is very little common agreement. Nobody wants to open that can of worms. Doing so would mean going up against powerful businesses and I don't think the IC has the stomach for it or can adapt to the changing threats fast enough.
So we just keep pretending "national security" is limited to industrial espionage by the Chinese or hacking by the Russians and so on.
That's why I think individual Digital Self Defence via education is the only option. It needs baking into the curriculum for age 6 upwards.