I agree with this article, thanks for sharing. With the advent of big data and capabilities to draw conclusions from what seems like an anonymous information Mr. Zuck sill goes for the simplified explanation "but we're not giving it directly..." The violence case in Myanmar showed that Facebook has much broader consequences without directly doing anything. The same goes for third party involvement, they can deny it and it makes me question do they themselves understand the scope of the problem and manipulation.
The worst thing is to keep beating up the dead horse. At least in the gaming industry, you can clearly see some companies "milking" the brand of games, Bethesda and Blizzard have been doing nothing else recently IMHO. But as long as it sells I guess the company is still satisfied with chosen politics, even though it's profit over quality.
Blizzard released Hearthstone in 2014, Heroes of the Storm in 2015, and Overwatch in 2016. It's very difficult to characterize that as "milking". And Bethesda has Starfield in the pipeline, though it's a next-gen title at this point.
I also don't think Blizzard or Bethesda are particularly good examples of game studios "milking" it. Sure you can use the "new IP" filter to describe those who are "milking" and those who aren't, but to me it's ok to reuse existing IP if there's a significant new spin to it (rather than beating a dead horse). Take Doom 4 (2016) as an example from Bethesda via id, rather than being a knockoff it totally revived the series, capturing what it means to be "Doom" while also feeling fresh against all the other FPSes at the time. In contrast look at Nintendo's parade of 2.5D Mario side-scrolling platformers since New Super Mario Bros DS. They're all basically the same. Yet even then they can still sometimes produce something greater than that with Odyssey.
To be honest, I was trying to respond in good faith and not consider other Zenimax/BGS properties outside of Bethesda proper. And even they're doing Starfield, as I mentioned.
Fallout 76 seems to kinda suck, but that's one game.
An interesting read, thanks for sharing. At the end ransomware WannaCry was mentioned. Is it in any way related to Bogachev's operations or is it confirmed to be an effort by North Korea? The part where he uses his real name for a yahoo account does sound stupid, but maybe he really felt safe that Russian authorities won't cooperate with an international arrest order.
The same goes for Putin. I like the scheme drawn in this blog post. Simply denying the facts, for example, the annexation of Crimea, spark an outrage in opposition, which fuels more media coverage and more lies from Vladimir. Then the organized support campaign adds their part and both "truths" are lost in an ocean of information. Even hard facts can't stand against the flashing news headlines, and suddenly it becomes a fight of opinions, a performative action.
Facebook is taking its time regarding the recent data leak too. Potentially 90mil users affected and there's still no statement what happened to their information. I fully understand Facebook might not even have this information, but it's a poor excuse if you ask me.
Thank you for sharing. I'm a junior front-end developer, but both my mentors and my coding friends recommended learning React. I've done some coding with it and created two components, I'm really green but by far I liked it a lot. Lots of reusability and JSX is compact, helps you write fewer code.
Hackers are indeed a vital part of online security. There's no such thing as a 100% security online and exposing possible risks can have a positive outcome. But I don't think that blogging about it with sensitive information is the best way. Even if he wanted acknowledgement, informing the hotel and writing a "clean" article about wifi security would have benefitted him more in my opinion. Thank you for sharing. Any links to his blog article by the way?
