Constants and variables 143, AWS MBS edition
Today's "news" tells us that Bezos was hacked by Saudi prince MBS.

The "news" is focusing on the Shared Lie as always.

Shared Lie: We should be concerned about what MBS learned from hacking Bezos.

Underlying truth: We should be concerned that Bezos is dumb enough to get hacked.

Everyone is hacked all the time. That's a constant.

For most of us the hacking is inconsequential and purposeless. Our data is available to anyone who wants it, but nobody wants it, so it never causes a major problem.

For powerful monsters the hacking is much more focused and purposeful.

The variable: Powerful monsters should be using powerful security.

Bezos wasn't using security. I presumed the richest man in the world could afford something BETTER than AVG. He could afford PERFECT security. If he had any AV system at all, it didn't work as well as AVG, and he didn't have the common sense to avoid clicking on an unknown link.

Why does this matter? Bezos runs AWS, the biggest server on the web. AWS is Amazon's real cash cow. Amazon is responsible for the security of maybe 80% of all communications. Bezos doesn't take the most ordinary and common steps to insure security.

Later thought: It's possible that the whole story is a Shared Lie designed to punish MBS for daring to make peace with Persia. There wasn't any hacking at all. But why create a story that casts doubt on Bezos's ability and risks Amazon's precious Share Value? Doesn't make sense.

Third thought: We have a sudden burst of Experts admitting openly that they were hacked and casting doubt on their own intelligence, seemingly without realizing it. First Krugman, then Schiff, now Bezos. The stories have a similar flavor. Are we being conditioned for a big event? But again, why would Experts voluntarily ruin their own reputation for wisdom? Blackmail? Still doesn't make sense on the surface. Keep watching and counting.....

Update a few hours later: Well, that was fast. Expert #4. The ultimate expert, Epstein's Mossad handler, the woman who knows where all the bodies are buried, the woman who knows where Epstein's LIVE body is NOT buried, claims to have been hacked. Maxwell is second-generation Mossad, so she has absolutely no excuse for ignorance of elementary security procedures. If she was actually hacked, it was because she CHOSE to be hacked.

Labels: Constants and Variables, Shared Lie

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