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Hello fellow ordinary person using an account created a year ago and finally posting today for the very first time with comically irrational outrage over the po
by stevenh 9y ago
Hello fellow ordinary person using an account created a year ago and finally posting today for the very first time with comically irrational outrage over the possibility of people ever moving away from md5sum thus rendering useless whatever subset of shady tools you or your employer has that we don't know about yet. Consider making innocuous comments in various threads for a few weeks before you switch to psyop mode next time.
- coldtea 9y agoTin foil much? As if what will ...really help NSA and co are 1-2 random comments of technical pedantry regarding MD5 on an insignificant (in the grand scheme of things) forum people go to discuss the latest startup news, JS frameworks, the benefits of functional programming, Golang, tech industry developments, and some CS related news.
- chillingeffect 9y agoSustained disinformation campaigns are a go-to strategy. Redirecting and confounding conversations are documented tactics. They don't even have to be particularly well veiled or surgically placed as their value derives from their volume.