> I think we can distinguish ourselves from spies because we only collect open source intelligence - meaning publicly available records.
No, it's what use you put those records to that is the definition.
I can collect the license plate numbers of every car that goes down my street in the morning. It's when I use that to figure out which house to break into that I cross the line.
The problem is that there is no distinguishing those cases until something bad happens, and by then it's too late.
A distinguishing use case for open source intelligence is being able to counter lossy consciousness factors with open source counterintelligence.
Readily able to read and write due diligence are literate, educated, emotionally-intelligent populations who can be a part of (the granular war to determine) distinguishing records.
No, it's what use you put those records to that is the definition.
I can collect the license plate numbers of every car that goes down my street in the morning. It's when I use that to figure out which house to break into that I cross the line.
The problem is that there is no distinguishing those cases until something bad happens, and by then it's too late.