Your post answers questions I had about the possible uses of all these antennae and about how Moldova's geography might make it advantageous for Russian spying during the Ukraine war. I'm a bit worried about their apparent ability to attack individuals locally via sound waves or something; hopefully Western intelligence has figured this …
Your post answers questions I had about the possible uses of all these antennae and about how Moldova's geography might make it advantageous for Russian spying during the Ukraine war. I'm a bit worried about their apparent ability to attack individuals locally via sound waves or something; hopefully Western intelligence has figured this out despite news stories to the contrary.
(Also brings to my mind my belief ten years ago that Moldova was already completely electronically transparent to Russia because no one could afford any virus anti-programs on their PCs besides kaspersky's "free" one.)
Hey Connie, some interesting points there. Your thoughts on the anti-virus stuff is true but I have to imagine that there just isn't all that much interesting to read! I think the government has always have *slightly* better information security at a national level than at a local government level but still poor. One key issue is that almost no government agency issues phones to people - so they use personal ones. It's probably an interesting problem for hackers since things are so decentralized and maybe that slows some things down. But realistically it also means that no one has any real idea how much has been penetrated.
And let's not forget that this isn't all about viruses and hacking. Most Moldovans have Russian made apps on their phones (Yandex for example) and the primary providers of things like security cameras are Chinese companies.
So it's probably fair to say the situation is not great from the standpoint of keeping secrets in cyberspace.
Your post answers questions I had about the possible uses of all these antennae and about how Moldova's geography might make it advantageous for Russian spying during the Ukraine war. I'm a bit worried about their apparent ability to attack individuals locally via sound waves or something; hopefully Western intelligence has figured this out despite news stories to the contrary.
(Also brings to my mind my belief ten years ago that Moldova was already completely electronically transparent to Russia because no one could afford any virus anti-programs on their PCs besides kaspersky's "free" one.)
Hey Connie, some interesting points there. Your thoughts on the anti-virus stuff is true but I have to imagine that there just isn't all that much interesting to read! I think the government has always have *slightly* better information security at a national level than at a local government level but still poor. One key issue is that almost no government agency issues phones to people - so they use personal ones. It's probably an interesting problem for hackers since things are so decentralized and maybe that slows some things down. But realistically it also means that no one has any real idea how much has been penetrated.
And let's not forget that this isn't all about viruses and hacking. Most Moldovans have Russian made apps on their phones (Yandex for example) and the primary providers of things like security cameras are Chinese companies.
So it's probably fair to say the situation is not great from the standpoint of keeping secrets in cyberspace.