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Russia’s African coup strategy - Microsoft Threat Analysis Center shares report on Russian influence operations in Africa, focusing on the Niger coup (blogs.microsoft.com)

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[–] UlfKirsten@feddit.de 22 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Microsoft has a threat analysis center?

[–] TokenBoomer@beehaw.org 17 points 2 years ago

What do you think Clippy does in sleep mode?

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago

These days it’s more a concept than a place; the employees are almost all remote workers.

[–] freagle@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why do you think the military pays them billions in ambiguous contracts?

[–] Zorque@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

Because they don't want to move past Windows 3.1?

[–] Krause@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Microsoft... Threat Analysis Center??

Since when does Microsoft cover geopolitics? Why is the software/video game company talking about coups in Africa?

[–] jackoid@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

Windows Defender is actually a mercenary software

[+] AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world -10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I would say is "what is Russia trying to do start WW3?" But then I have to stop myself because as a USA citizen my country has done and still does the same things. It just feels like the point of governments and society is so we can collectivly find better solutions to our problems not to topple other societies for our own gain.

[–] freagle@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You think Russia is toppling African countries for its own gains? It's far more likely that it's providing material support for anti-imperialist and decolonial movements in order to open up more fronts that the North Atlantic has to deal with.

[–] AngrilyEatingMuffins@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You realize the USSR fell more than thirty years ago, right?

[–] freagle@lemmygrad.ml -2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You think Russia's national self-interest isn't served by anti-imperialist movements bogging down the North Atlantic?

[–] AngrilyEatingMuffins@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not directly, the way they are by inspiring coups in Africa. This isn’t Sankara, man. Russia is an empire engaging in recanchism. It’s asinine to think of them as an ally in anything anti authoritarian

[–] freagle@lemmygrad.ml -4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

You think a coup is anti-authoritarianism? A military coup? Are you daft? It's an absolutely authoritarian response to centuries of authoritarian dominance. Russia is fighting the imperialist bloc, African nations are fighting the imperialist bloc. They are allies in the fight against imperialism, not against authoritarianism. Only liberals in the West analyze things along "authoritarian" lines.

[–] AngrilyEatingMuffins@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Oh you’re a red-brown fascist

[–] freagle@lemmygrad.ml -3 points 2 years ago

Moron