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They never see it that way. The ones doing it always have a solid propaganda / brainwashing framework to support these kind of actions. Heck they justify runnin
by rdtsc 9y ago
They never see it that way. The ones doing it always have a solid propaganda / brainwashing framework to support these kind of actions. Heck they justify running a drone assassination program rationalizing exploiting some windows vulnerabilities is child's play for them.
"We are fighting the evils of terrorism" / "It's their fault for releasing software full of these holes" / "It's the target's fault for installing this OS" pretty easy to rationalize this stuff.
And I think you are implicitly asking them to think "one day this will leak and will damage the reputation of a major US company" and they probably are not allowed to think that way it's more down the line "we'll just keep it hidden and nobody will ever find out, we are the best at this and not like those other agencies whose stuff has been leaked"
- roywiggins 9y agoI don't think developing a malware kit for Windows damages Microsoft's reputation materially. I mean, it's just a fancier RAT, isn't it? The CIA's job is to spy on people. Planting bugs is part of their job. If they didn't plant bugs in computer systems too, what are they being paid for? I mean, you can argue that their entire charter should be rearranged or abolished, but it's hard to blame them when "sneaking into places they're not wanted and exfiltrating data" is kind of their entire reason for existing. (the drone program is a whole other kettle of fish)