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WikiLeaks releases more top-secret CIA docs as U.S. considers charges

26 points by nreece 9y ago

Clownshoesms 9y ago
> "We can’t keep all of the information in one place. We need to spread it out. We have to have better rules about need-to-know, and if you don’t have a need to know you don’t get access to the information,” said Michael Morrell, a former acting director of the CIA. Must be a fair amount of stress chasing that impossible goal of perfect security. I often think how much time and effort would be saved per unit of forethought put into some of the software we rely on. Not a criticism, SMTP etc were built in a more trusting time and for a far smaller crowd I guess. But we've built a mudpie now, and there are whole sectors scrambling around like ants in it. Such a waste of time!
vmarsy 9y ago
> turn some Samsung TVs into surveillance tools with an implant for recording audio from a TV’s built-in microphone. Who other than the CIA can also exploit this? Is there a place where Dumb TVs still exist?
- watt 9y ago
  Look for "Commercial Displays" on NewEgg for example. Those are as dumb as they come.
- jonny_eh 9y ago
  Just don't connect your smart TV to the internet. If the spooks have physical access to your house, they can plant microphones and cameras anyways.
  - yardie 9y ago
    We have one of those new Visios. The remote just has 5 or 6 buttons. Everything else is in the iPhone app which necessitates the TV having a wifi connection.
    - dTal 9y ago
      This is, of course, on purpose.
- mdekkers 9y ago
  Is there a place where Dumb TVs still exist? I just bought a no-brand 55" TV at a local supermarket (Spain) for €450. The saleslady was at pains to explain that this wasn't a "smart tv" and "didn't have Internet". When I told her I prefer that anyway, and that I don't want a smart tv, she looked at me as if I had lost my marbles....
  - devoply 9y ago
    por qué?
jonny_eh 9y ago
> Investigators say the materials were stolen from a highly secure section of the intelligence agency where it takes two people to access information So there are two leakers? Yikes!
- calgoo 9y ago
  More likely, its a pain to use, so someone copied it to a "safe" place so their manager /boss can access it without the need of some "IT guy" guy around. At least thats what happens in enterprises, so i would guess government as well..
  - lithos 9y ago
    Or has someone else's login/key, since the new guy would spend half a year for their own.

26 points by nreece 9y ago

> "We can’t keep all of the information in one place. We need to spread it out. We have to have better rules about need-to-know, and if you don’t have a need to know you don’t get access to the information,” said Michael Morrell, a former acting director of the CIA. Must be a fair amount of stress chasing that impossible goal of perfect security. I often think how much time and effort would be saved per unit of forethought put into some of the software we rely on. Not a criticism, SMTP etc were built in a more trusting time and for a far smaller crowd I guess. But we've built a mudpie now, and there are whole sectors scrambling around like ants in it. Such a waste of time!

vmarsy 9y ago

> turn some Samsung TVs into surveillance tools with an implant for recording audio from a TV’s built-in microphone. Who other than the CIA can also exploit this? Is there a place where Dumb TVs still exist?

watt 9y ago
Look for "Commercial Displays" on NewEgg for example. Those are as dumb as they come.
jonny_eh 9y ago
Just don't connect your smart TV to the internet. If the spooks have physical access to your house, they can plant microphones and cameras anyways.
- yardie 9y ago
  We have one of those new Visios. The remote just has 5 or 6 buttons. Everything else is in the iPhone app which necessitates the TV having a wifi connection.
  - dTal 9y ago
    This is, of course, on purpose.
mdekkers 9y ago
Is there a place where Dumb TVs still exist? I just bought a no-brand 55" TV at a local supermarket (Spain) for €450. The saleslady was at pains to explain that this wasn't a "smart tv" and "didn't have Internet". When I told her I prefer that anyway, and that I don't want a smart tv, she looked at me as if I had lost my marbles....
- devoply 9y ago
  por qué?

jonny_eh 9y ago

> Investigators say the materials were stolen from a highly secure section of the intelligence agency where it takes two people to access information So there are two leakers? Yikes!

calgoo 9y ago
More likely, its a pain to use, so someone copied it to a "safe" place so their manager /boss can access it without the need of some "IT guy" guy around. At least thats what happens in enterprises, so i would guess government as well..
- lithos 9y ago
  Or has someone else's login/key, since the new guy would spend half a year for their own.