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There's merit in just pondering. This is a message board not a legal proceeding. What you're saying isn't totally orthogonal. I'm often surprised at how terribl
by MawNicker 10y ago
There's merit in just pondering. This is a message board not a legal proceeding. What you're saying isn't totally orthogonal. I'm often surprised at how terrible modern software is. I suspect they actively subvert and displace popular software that they can't hack. Most hacks are probably generic exploits of library code. I imagine they economized. They wanted Total Information Awareness. I can't prove any of this; It just seems sensible. He's doing a red team analysis. It's not of the same form of thought. You can't invalidate it with the arguments you're making except for in some logical domain or something. It's not a true/false statement. It's not even fuzzy.
- Analemma_ 10y agoI agree! And I don't mind pondering, as long as it's clearly marked as such. I do mind statements like "Practically every major piece of software and hardware that's not open source has a backdoor embedded" presented as established fact when they are not.
- MawNicker 10y agoA vulnerability is a back door. The only problem I have with that statement is it's exclusion of open-source software. It's got more back doors embedded in it than closed-source software. Jimmy: a short crowbar used by a burglar to force open a window or door. He didn't necessarily say it was collusion but I suppose it's fair to clarify. It seems narrow to suggest it's just a stash of 0-days. I suspect they've been heavily yet covertly involved in the popular software tool-chains and computing hardware.