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>>feross+(OP)
The point that the author makes is very valuable, it is important to not throw out hands in the air. If you are not moving forward, you are falling back.

Though one (perhaps nit-picky) point I'd like to make is that these dictators are not dumb. They are incredibly intelligent. They themselves are probably not hackers, but they understand people and power. They are going do what they can to get what they want. We can't ignore the factor they play in creating these problems, and we need to take it just as seriously as we would a technical security exploit.

>>akhilp+4d
Not to split hairs here, but lets separate this into a few different traits. Smart, intelligent and cunning.

Most dictators are not very intelligent. Just like Donald Trump is not very intelligent.

Cunning and with social smarts would be apt. These guys really know how to play people off each other, and manipulate, like, really well.