I suspect this is not just a U.S. problem, or at least risk. Most militaries have large numbers of teenagers in their ranks, including many countries with mandatory military service. The U.S. has one of the largest militaries in the world, so there’s a large opportunity for some kid to do something stupid. Maybe we haven’t heard of something similar from other large countries because many of the largest militaries are in some more repressive regimes, either because something embarrassing just wouldn’t make the news, or the fear of harsher punishments keeps people more aware of staying on the right side of the law.
there’s this weird international subculture of armored vehicle game enthusiasts that will dump classified info to prove they’re right about the inaccuracies of in game models / weapons performance.
I do not understand any of this shit remotely - it’s pretty fucking weird. I can assure you that even the youngest airmen/soldiers/marines/sailors/spacemonkeys are ingrained with security culture as a byword of their extensive training if they interface with anything remotely secret/sensitive. They beat this shit into our head in training and damn near every quarter would have some security refreshers and pedantic, repeated and ominous warnings about living the rest of our lives in leavenworth if we fucked up.
I could see this logic being truthful, I’m not too versed with global metrics on harshness of punishment but I’m also not familiar with how many other countries have teens in their ranks
I have news for you: harsh punishments don’t work on people with poor impulse control.
As anyone with an addiction knows, the harshness of the punishment just hurts more. It doesn’t stop you from giving in to a compulsion. You have to remove the opportunity to do it.
In this case, they need to screen these people better.
I suspect this is not just a U.S. problem, or at least risk. Most militaries have large numbers of teenagers in their ranks, including many countries with mandatory military service. The U.S. has one of the largest militaries in the world, so there’s a large opportunity for some kid to do something stupid. Maybe we haven’t heard of something similar from other large countries because many of the largest militaries are in some more repressive regimes, either because something embarrassing just wouldn’t make the news, or the fear of harsher punishments keeps people more aware of staying on the right side of the law.
there’s this weird international subculture of armored vehicle game enthusiasts that will dump classified info to prove they’re right about the inaccuracies of in game models / weapons performance.
https://www.destructoid.com/classified-military-info-leaks-war-thunder-forum-third-time/
https://www.vox.com/world-politics/2023/4/10/23677820/leaked-intelligence-documents-ukraine-war-discord-4chan
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2022/08/05/tank-plan-leaks-war-thunder/
I do not understand any of this shit remotely - it’s pretty fucking weird. I can assure you that even the youngest airmen/soldiers/marines/sailors/spacemonkeys are ingrained with security culture as a byword of their extensive training if they interface with anything remotely secret/sensitive. They beat this shit into our head in training and damn near every quarter would have some security refreshers and pedantic, repeated and ominous warnings about living the rest of our lives in leavenworth if we fucked up.
I could see this logic being truthful, I’m not too versed with global metrics on harshness of punishment but I’m also not familiar with how many other countries have teens in their ranks
I have news for you: harsh punishments don’t work on people with poor impulse control.
As anyone with an addiction knows, the harshness of the punishment just hurts more. It doesn’t stop you from giving in to a compulsion. You have to remove the opportunity to do it.
In this case, they need to screen these people better.
I do agree with you here, I think better screening is always a good idea