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DragoneerFA t1_j5pg07h wrote

Reply to comment by SpiritOne in Playing Military Sim War Thunder May Get You Classed as a National Security Risk by Sorin61

It's literally in the article.

A ton of classified info has leaked over War Thunder by military and defense contractors going, "Well, actuaaaaally, the way this tank works is..." and then dropping classified docs to prove their point.

It's happened enough times for it to become a red flag and more than some random coincidence.

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Lick-a-Leper t1_j5phcfd wrote

Yeah because tech geeks feel an uncontrollable urge to be right. They can't just let it go. They need the information to be correct so they feel a perceived value from all the time they spend I vested in there projects.

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MasterpieceBrave420 t1_j5plxiz wrote

That is fuckin' prefect. The urge to win an internet argument was so strong they violated national security.

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SpiritOne t1_j5ph09v wrote

Yeah I get that, but…

Some people can just play a game and not participate in the forums. So someone else leaked classified documents. Why should other people suffer and not be employed for what somebody else did?

That doesn’t really make sense to me.

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phdoofus t1_j5pi0oz wrote

That's why the category is 'risk' and not 'threat'. If you were going to be an accountant, no one would care. If you were going to work in the defense industry or for the government working on military stuff and require a clearance, they'd definitely take a close look at you. It probably wouldn't keep you from being hired but it would probably bring you under more regular scrutiny if you have access to 'shareable' documents. It's kind of like complaining about security guards and saying 'I don't see why they should have guards here, I'm not a thief!'

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Kentucky_Fence_Post t1_j5phdij wrote

Unless you're trying to get in to the defense industry currently, I wouldn't worry too much about it. Just don't read the seemingly classified stuff if you come across it.

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stellarblackhole1 t1_j5pwaux wrote

Don't really play a lot of online multiplayer games, but I've been known to pull out a calculator or spreadsheet to prove a point about damage caused by fall damage, or other points in DND, to the chagrin of my fellow DND members. Why play with online people you don't know and get screamed at by a 13-year-old when you can play a board game or ttrgp game in person with a group of people you know pretty well.

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SmokeyJoescafe t1_j5s563s wrote

Getting screamed at by people you know pretty well is a more enjoyable experience.

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