Timeline for Is there a word for a message that is intended to be intercepted by an adversary?
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| Jul 15, 2019 at 23:43 | comment | added | MooseBoys | I'm also not saying the word usage is literally wrong - it is technically correct. But so is saying "the dog shook its tail" or "he twisted the key and the car started", which both sound weird, because a dog wags its tail and you turn a key. | |
| Jul 15, 2019 at 23:35 | comment | added | MooseBoys | My point is that the word disinformation has strong connotations with the information being made widely available, and would therefore not be misunderstood by an intelligence agent to be supposedly secret. This isn't to say it can't be used in conjunction with espionage - a disinformation campaign could create a public impression of a chemical spill to cover up some secret military research. But IMO, if the general public is not aware of the information, it cannot be disinformation. | |
| Jul 15, 2019 at 14:23 | comment | added | Davo | Just because disinformation can be targeted at the general public does not mean that it must be targeted at the general public. | |
| Jul 13, 2019 at 2:52 | comment | added | MooseBoys | Not targeted at intelligence collectors, but rather the general public. For example, the ongoing disinformation campaign to sow public doubt on the scientific concensus on anthropogenic climate change. | |
| Jul 13, 2019 at 0:12 | vote | accept | RaceYouAnytime | ||
| Jul 12, 2019 at 17:26 | comment | added | Davo | Deliberate spreading, targeted at known intelligence collectors, with the expectation of interception. | |
| Jul 12, 2019 at 15:32 | comment | added | MooseBoys | Disinformation carries connotations of deliberate spreading, not expectations of interception under the guise of secrecy. | |
| Jul 11, 2019 at 16:33 | history | answered | Davo | CC BY-SA 4.0 |