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Snowden is actually a great example of how well compartmentalization works. He downloaded what was effectively the brochure stand you see in the lobby of a che
by dsl 11y ago
Snowden is actually a great example of how well compartmentalization works.
He downloaded what was effectively the brochure stand you see in the lobby of a cheap hotel. Look, we have this for use, here is a high level overview. Come talk to us, we will read you into the program, and provide you with the details.
Sure it was an intelligence loss - but it was all stuff that any cleared staff could access anyway.
- hackuser 11y ago> He [Snowden] downloaded what was effectively the brochure stand you see in the lobby of a cheap hotel The NSA and other government security organizations say that the information he leaked was very damaging. The NSA also changed their security procedures in response. All of that could be for show, but I haven't seen evidence that it is.
- scintill76 11y agoI kind of see your point in that he mostly got things like slideshows, rather than detailed memos, code, operational details. Yeah, without compartmentalization, it could have been worse, but unless they intended to allow someone to mass-exfiltrate all that, there's still a pretty bad security failure.