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In fine, that NSA is not that super agency filed with very talented n math/crypto/cs people like the majority depict in their mind. They are employing average f
by AKifer 9y ago
In fine, that NSA is not that super agency filed with very talented n math/crypto/cs people like the majority depict in their mind. They are employing average folks who use average tools and get caught by average issues. The only difference might be that they are educated and trained to be very efficient at doing one very specific job and that's all.
- keyme 9y agoIt's the same with any such "mystical" organisation. There are no Hollywood super-humans anywhere. It's regular people cooperating and doing their jobs all the way down.
- hueving 9y agoThey're similar to Google/Apple/Facebook in that regard. Sure there are some great people there, but most devs are just going to be average.
- 0xfeba 9y agoPart of the problem is the push to let the "free market" fix the government, to outsource many facets of the government to contractors. This has led to corruption and fraud amongst the contractors: http://investigations.nbcnews.com/_news/2014/01/23/22401812-doj-accuses-firm-that-vetted-snowden-of-faking-665000-background-checks?lite http://investigations.nbcnews.com/_news/2014/01/23/22401812-...