If I was in charge of intel ops for any country with a decent budget, first thing I would do is build or buy a VPN company.
You have a self-selected group of people with something to hide. What could be more ideal to gather kompromat?
You have a self-selected group of people with something to hide. What could be more ideal to gather kompromat?
But the great thing about the vpn is some people leave it on and forget about it.
So then you invest in a free porn service.
Sure, but the .0001% of users who use grindr while trying to hide their preferences, and hold a position of influence in government or a corporation make the whole effort worthwhile.
As a bonus, the op is actually profitable because the 99.9999% of people you don't care about, and don't have to spend man-hours on, are actually paying for all the man-hours that you spend on the people of interest!
The intel flywheel is up and spinning!
edit: this is all conjecture.