Private firms and open sources are giving spies a run for their money
Private firms challenge traditional spy agencies with new tools and unclassified data access. Companies like Flashpoint monitor online activities, selling intelligence to governments and businesses. Ethical and legal questions arise as private-sector intelligence grows, blurring boundaries between public and private interests.
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Private firms and open sources are increasingly challenging traditional spy agencies by providing intelligence services with new tools and access to unclassified data. This shift is exemplified by companies like Flashpoint, which monitor online activities of terrorist groups and hostile intelligence services, selling the gathered information to governments and businesses. The surge in private-sector intelligence is not only aiding intelligence services but also raising ethical and legal questions regarding the division between public and private interests. Cyber-security firms are playing a crucial role in defending against cyber-attacks, sometimes matching the efforts of Western spy agencies. As data becomes more critical in geopolitical competition, the boundaries between open-source information and classified intelligence are becoming blurred. This trend prompts discussions on the roles of spies, ethical considerations, and privacy concerns in the evolving landscape of intelligence gathering.
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6 comments> As railways expanded across America in the 19th century, there was little law enforcement.
That immediately tells me this is going to be a filler of 20 pages, followed by 1 page of actual content.
I just can't read this, it's actively destroying all willingness on my end to make the effort of skipping all that filler part until the substance pops up.
Are journalists paid by the word on these websites?
> Microsoft tracks 78 trillion “signals” a day (such as connections between a phone and a cloud server), says Sherrod DeGrippo, the firm’s director of threat-intelligence strategy.
The same MS that bungled its security so badly that they got called into congress ( see: https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-solarwinds-cybe... )
MS as the modern day Pinkerton's is a great comparison...
Yup. Legalizing Weed on a federal level would be so good for the talent shortages faced by the glowies that it's reason enough to finally do it. People here have downvoted me in the past for talking about this as though it's not true.
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I wish that this article had touched on the fact that you too can be what basically amounts to a "private" "business" variant of this which is much more lucrative but without all the nasty clearance nonsense: expert networks/micro-consulting - https://www.investopedia.com/terms/e/expert-network.asp and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expert_network
If you have an "insider" view on a market or the mechanations of a company, chances are folks in suits are willing to pay you to talk about this for 300$ an hour minimum.
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