r/technology • u/ArgentineBeauty • 18h ago

Society Ukraine Struck Yandex Data Centers, Russian Bots Went Silent—Now Questions Are Mounting

https://united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/ukraine-struck-yandex-data-centers-russian-bots-went-silent-now-questions-are-mounting-23339
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u/Physical_Gold_1485 11h ago

The people saying "its not a big deal", "its really not that many bots", "there are genuine dumbasses that post stuff online too" are also the bots lol, of course russia would downplay it

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u/Vaiden_Kelsier 10h ago

The growing realization that we've been victim to a global psychological operation spanning the entire internet should be more horrifying but I just feel so numb

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u/SkyNo3416 9h ago

its easier too fool someone that convince him they have been fooled

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u/BroccoliDue960 8h ago

Wild histrionics in the comments section. Lmao 

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u/Stupidamericanfatty 10h ago

They are bots

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u/mysteryliner 10h ago

Same with the crowd that says: "why do you need privacy and encryption.... If you don't do illegal stuff, you have nothing to hide!"

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u/nurseferatou 10h ago

They’re probably just bots themselves

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u/NoBorder4982 8h ago

Perhaps it’s the bots responding.

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u/PsychologicalHold754 7h ago

There are MANY, MANY bots, but not the way people think.

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u/iamichi 11h ago

I used to be vehemently for anonymity on the internet, but, like SMS, phone numbers and email, it’s basically ruined. I would now quite happily join subreddits which are for verified humans only.
Not sure how it would work and I know lots will oppose (the bots surely will), and that’s fine. A one time fee to verify yourself as a human, like KYC could work, but probably unpopular and I get why. So maybe it needs to be on device, once, with the manufacturer of your choice, then they certify you at login. Which i think Apple have done for the UK’s age verification come to think of it