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Isn't that what we thought before Snowden showed us the NSA reprogramming firmware? I know that I said it was being blown out of proportion when the Snowden lea
by burnte 11y ago
Isn't that what we thought before Snowden showed us the NSA reprogramming firmware? I know that I said it was being blown out of proportion when the Snowden leaks started, and boy was I wrong.
- fit2rule 11y agoSnowden showed us that the 5-eyes countries are actively producing and marketing - in their own secret organizations with secret, anti-democratic agreements - massive-scale spy and intrusion technologies. Anti-democratic, freedom-defeating agreements for the purpose of total information control over human civilization. Massive-scale, actually: full-spectrum. There are no aspects of modern technology infrastructure that are off the table in these realms: all systems are targets. Planet-wide. So, its not just that the NSA will be reprogramming firmware or putting key sniffers in your macbook or writing 0-day exploits. Its that they'll listen to everything, anywhere along the wire, as they see fit.
- ranman 11y agoEven the things Snowden revealed required various industries to cooperate with the NSA. They weren't doing it on their own. Most portions of it were even designed and maintained by contractors! The people that work for these agencies are not savants... The people who work for the contractors however... They're terrifying. The NSA, FBI, etc. are red herrings -- look at MITRE, Booze Allen (consulting), etc.