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While I agree with the sentiment in your analysis, the mass spying by the NSA was already well-known even in 2004 which is documented in the novel ("based on in
by itcrowd 10y ago
While I agree with the sentiment in your analysis, the mass spying by the NSA was already well-known even in 2004 which is documented in the novel ("based on insider information") of Dan Brown: digital fortress. I know, it's fiction but it is a data point ..
https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Fortress-Thriller-Dan-Brown/dp/0312944926 https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Fortress-Thriller-Dan-Brown/d...
(Edit: this is the 2004 edition, original was published in 1998)
- Animats 10y agoThe first real revelations about the NSA were in Andrew Tully's "The Super Spies" (1969). There's been plenty of publicity about NSA since. The big changes came after the end of the Cold War, and then after 9/11. During the Cold War, NSA was at least 90% focused on the USSR. Everything else was a minor activity. After the downfall of the USSR, NSA downsized, and there were layoffs. After 9/11, there was heavy pressure to detect the next terrorist attack in advance. That's what motivated all the domestic collection.
- closeparen 10y agoLooking back, the most unrealistic thing about Digital Fortress was that people actually used email encryption.