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Security isn't just "people can't get inside our servers", it's a much broader topic than that — anything that looks like "people didn't something that, in hindsight, we'd rather they couldn't have" falls under that purview, really. I'd certainly qualify working on preventing the next Cambridge Analytica, or preventing the next micro-targeted political propaganda campaign, as "security work" without even blinking.



Security is gobbledygook. It’s why politicians love using national security with legislation.


The strong argumentative edge one gains by turning the debate towards security led to this cool concept in international relations:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Securitization_(international_...


See also Trump's tariffs. WTO roles forbid arbitrary tariffs, unless the government claims they are for the sale of "national security."




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