65: PSYOP

Darknet Diaries

Jack Rhysider

True Crime, Technology

4.9 • 8.6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2020

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

PSYOP, or “Psychological Operations”, is something the US military has been doing to foreign audiences for decades. But what exactly is it? And what’s the difference between white, gray, and black PSYOP missions? We talk to PSYOP specialists to learn more. Thanks to Jon Nichols for telling us about this fascinating world. Sponsors Support for this episode comes from LastPass. LastPass is a great password manager but it can do so much more. It can setup 2FA for your company, or use it to monitor what your users are doing in the network. Visit LastPass.com/Darknet to start your 14 day free trial. Support for this episode comes from Blinkist. They offer thousands of condensed non-fiction books, so you can get through books in about 15 minutes. Check out Blinkist.com/DARKNET to start your 7 day free trial and get 25% off when you sign up. Sources https://www.democracynow.org/2006/3/24/the_psyops_war_a_look_at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Group https://www.goarmy.com/careers-and-jobs/special-operations/psyop/psyop-mission.html# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Wandering_Soul_(Vietnam_War) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torches_of_Freedom http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16040coll3/id/182 https://archive.org/details/PropagandaAudiobook/Propaganda+Chapter+01.mp3 https://www.newsweek.com/us-military-gets-mysterious-and-false-text-message-evacuate-korean-peninsula-669875 https://www.cbinsights.com/research/future-of-information-warfare/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Defense_Authorization_Act_for_Fiscal_Year_2013#Smith%E2%80%93Mundt_Modernization_Act_of_2012 Videos Vietnam War Ghost Audio Tape used in PSYOPS ‘Wandering Soul’ Jon Nichols Part 0 - Unallocated Spaces Talk on Russian Propaganda Cyber-Influence: Cyberwar and Psychological Operations WWII Psych Ops MISO Marines broadcast important information to Afghans The War You Don’t See Edward L. Bernays interview, 1986-10-23 As it fights two wars, the Pentagon is steadily and dramatically increasing money spent on propaganda Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, you ready for a hacker story?
0:05.0	I don't have one for you today.
0:07.7	This is not a hacker story.
0:09.2	It's not even a tech story.
0:10.6	The thing is, when I make this podcast, I'm diving down a million different rabbit holes
0:14.8	completely unsure where they go.
0:16.7	And this episode is just me going down different rabbit holes and you could come along too if
0:21.7	you want.
0:22.7	But I have to warn you, this whole episode, I go into areas of knowledge that I literally
0:26.6	know nothing about.
0:28.2	So I'm certain that I'm ignorant to a lot of stuff and I probably get some stuff wrong
0:32.1	along the way.
0:33.1	I tried to double check everything that I'm saying against multiple sources, but still,
0:36.8	I'm not in my lane on this one, so don't take my word for it here.
0:42.4	And so even though this isn't quite a tech-focused hacker story that you might be used to, this
0:47.4	is a story about how the US military hacks people's hearts and brains.
0:58.2	These are true stories from the dark side of the internet.
1:05.4	I'm Jack Ricider.
1:08.1	This is Dark Net Diaries.
1:26.0	This episode is brought to you by The Hustle Daily Show.
1:28.9	If you're anything like me, you'll want to have a vague idea of what's going on in
1:31.8	the world of tech, business, and the internet.
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