Is it ever a nice time to talk about bad people hacking our democracy? I don’t really know. That said, it was a real pleasure to take an interview one again with one of CTV’s most insightful reporters, Penny Daflos. This is a critical issue for democracies here and abroad.
Here’s some of what I had to say in this report, ‘It’ll be something new’: Canadian election interference likely in unexpected places:
We always are ready to fight the last war, not the new one, and I think the techniques which are coming out, the social media platforms might not be aware yet that they’re get hit,” he said.
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Vincalek also pointed out that social media companies now make it much easier to find niche groups to influence, rather than large-scale or “viral” stories.
“It might happen on a more targeted level, which is not the flat carpet-bombing that they spam everybody —they might go only after certain people so that might be the difference and that might be difficult to identify,” said Vincalek.
Are you a reporter looking to chat more about this topic? Or a cyber security expert wanting to compare notes? Please feel free to reach out.
Vaclav Vincalek is the Founder & CEO of PCIS.
