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This is not surprising or even interesting. The headline in particular is overblown. It's the equivalent of "CIA Targeting French Speakers with Audio Listening
by skywhopper 9y ago
This is not surprising or even interesting. The headline in particular is overblown. It's the equivalent of "CIA Targeting French Speakers with Audio Listening Devices". Not only is that painfully obvious and well-known, but it's also far too weirdly specific. Yes, the CIA has tools for spying. That's their job. The tools vary in sophistication. They are used in targeted ways. This tool, like most listening devices, requires some form of breaking and entering to install, and would be easily detected by mid-level security efforts. It's cool to get the details, but the headline (and the general tone of the Wikileaks releases) is scaremongering FUD. The NSA is doing far far more pervasive and dangerous stuff.
- herewulf 9y agoBad People can do Bad Things with root. News at 11.