In many recent high profile stories, China has not tried to disguise they are attacking the US infrastructure. This is a big problem.
For China to exist it needs money, and so do all criminals. When we have poor security we invite people to steal from us. People often tout the miliary keeping us physically safe. Protecting the infrastructure is just as important and perhaps more so than the military. We can die from lack of heat, electricity or water just as easily as from an attack.
What does this mean for you as a citizen? We all need to step up our security game. We need to always suspect what we see or hear. For example, if you get an email and it doesn’t make sense or wants you to do something that feels off, ask someone about it. Even if it turns out to be nothing, people will be glad that you are thinking of possible attacks.
Why am I sharing this? I get targeted each day for hacking attempts. In all forms of communication: calls, emails, texts people try to make me believe something that isn’t true. As a rule I don’t believe anything in any of those forms of communication. When I was younger I was fooled on the phone, so now I don’t give people a chance to talk to me on the phone. I only pay money when I can see it in person, and then have a professional check it out.
I think TikTok is ridiculous and clearly harmful. Not only is it disinformation, it suggests things that have hurt and killed people. Social media has hurt us more than it has helped us. Why is it so hard to let it go? I am only on LinkedIn and to be honest, I have strongly considered leaving this platform. I feel that I have wasted more time than benefited. I would estimate that probably 99% of recruiters who contact me don’t read my LinkedIn profile, and see that I am not a fit for what they want.
The only way to stop China is to stop doing business with it. I stopped years ago buying things from China or from China owned companies. We all need to make a choice. China continues to abuse its power and for that reason, we have a duty to stop supporting it.