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There is no evidence that PGP is compromised. In fact, the snowden leaks revealed that the NSA has "serious problems" following people through TOR, and is unabl

There is no evidence that PGP is compromised. In fact, the snowden leaks revealed that the NSA has "serious problems" following people through TOR, and is unable to decrypt some OTR and PGP encrypted messages. https://www.theverge.com/2014/12/28/7458159/encryption-standards-the-nsa-cant-crack-pgp-tor-otr-snowden https://www.theverge.com/2014/12/28/7458159/encryption-stand...

thrownsjdke 9y ago
Right, Snowden weakened US national security. He clued in the public to important secrets related to our intel operations, and ticked off public backlash against our intelligence agencies. Now, Snowden sits comfortably in a country who is actively hacking us. I’d bet my life that high school students from St. Petersburg have more reverse engineering skills than all US undergrads, at least those who are now interested in supporting US intelligence operations. Why HN praises Snowden, who committed treason against this country, is beyond me. It seems that Snowden is part of an effort to divide and wreck the culture of this nation. Russians, on the other hand, are fairly unified in their fight against us. I keep encountering smart folks in this country who could help US national security but won’t on moral principles. Such a mentality was catalyzed by his actions.
- vk23 9y ago
  It's a question of perspective. The US government and the NSA commited treason against basically every person using the internet. Also you calling him "Snow dawg" says a lot about you...
  - thrownsjdke 9y ago
    I’ve edited the post. Just a guess based on your username. Are you Russian?
- thrownsjdke 9y ago
  Just watch how I get down voted here. Tells you a lot about the culture here.
  - flashdance 9y ago
    It's probably because you're calling him snow dog.
    - thrownsjdke 9y ago
      Edited, thanks. I doubt the downvotes will be undone, though.
      - grzm 9y ago
        Thanks for editing your post. With respect to the voting, unfortunately that's partly an artifact of viewing the site. Unless people are following the thread, they aren't likely to see an edit. There is an option in account settings which permits including a delay before a comment is made visible. This allows a period of time where you can edit the comment before others view it. This can help if you've dashed off a comment in the heat of the moment, reflect, and rewrite it with a cooler head. Admittedly, it doesn't help if the comment has already been viewed, but it may prevent some of what you experienced.
  - grzm 9y ago
    The HN community has quite a wide variety of views and tends to value civil, considered, constructive discourse (as well as refraining from commenting on down votes). Tone as well as content go a long way: there have been plenty of comments over the years that are critical of Snowden. Choosing to use a pejorative nickname and phrases like "HN worships" don't do anything to promote your argument. You're choosing to participate on HN, and are therefore part of the community and its culture. I doubt you include yourself when you say "HN worships", yet you're participating here. Consider that there may be others on HN who wouldn't categorize their opinions of Snowden as "worshipping" either. (And there definitely are.) You mention the "divide and wreck of culture of this nation", which indicates to me that you care about such things. Are the comments you've posted going to do anything to make this better? Likely not: people who agree with you are likely going to continue to agree with you, and those that don't are likely to write you off due to how you're presenting yourself. If your goal is to help make things better, I encourage you to think on ways you might be more effective. People may not necessarily agree with the positions you hold, but they may also have reasoned and nuanced reasons for holding the positions they do.

thrownsjdke 9y ago

Right, Snowden weakened US national security. He clued in the public to important secrets related to our intel operations, and ticked off public backlash against our intelligence agencies. Now, Snowden sits comfortably in a country who is actively hacking us. I’d bet my life that high school students from St. Petersburg have more reverse engineering skills than all US undergrads, at least those who are now interested in supporting US intelligence operations. Why HN praises Snowden, who committed treason against this country, is beyond me. It seems that Snowden is part of an effort to divide and wreck the culture of this nation. Russians, on the other hand, are fairly unified in their fight against us. I keep encountering smart folks in this country who could help US national security but won’t on moral principles. Such a mentality was catalyzed by his actions.

vk23 9y ago
It's a question of perspective. The US government and the NSA commited treason against basically every person using the internet. Also you calling him "Snow dawg" says a lot about you...
- thrownsjdke 9y ago
  I’ve edited the post. Just a guess based on your username. Are you Russian?
thrownsjdke 9y ago
Just watch how I get down voted here. Tells you a lot about the culture here.
- flashdance 9y ago
  It's probably because you're calling him snow dog.
  - thrownsjdke 9y ago
    Edited, thanks. I doubt the downvotes will be undone, though.
    - grzm 9y ago
      Thanks for editing your post. With respect to the voting, unfortunately that's partly an artifact of viewing the site. Unless people are following the thread, they aren't likely to see an edit. There is an option in account settings which permits including a delay before a comment is made visible. This allows a period of time where you can edit the comment before others view it. This can help if you've dashed off a comment in the heat of the moment, reflect, and rewrite it with a cooler head. Admittedly, it doesn't help if the comment has already been viewed, but it may prevent some of what you experienced.
- grzm 9y ago
  The HN community has quite a wide variety of views and tends to value civil, considered, constructive discourse (as well as refraining from commenting on down votes). Tone as well as content go a long way: there have been plenty of comments over the years that are critical of Snowden. Choosing to use a pejorative nickname and phrases like "HN worships" don't do anything to promote your argument. You're choosing to participate on HN, and are therefore part of the community and its culture. I doubt you include yourself when you say "HN worships", yet you're participating here. Consider that there may be others on HN who wouldn't categorize their opinions of Snowden as "worshipping" either. (And there definitely are.) You mention the "divide and wreck of culture of this nation", which indicates to me that you care about such things. Are the comments you've posted going to do anything to make this better? Likely not: people who agree with you are likely going to continue to agree with you, and those that don't are likely to write you off due to how you're presenting yourself. If your goal is to help make things better, I encourage you to think on ways you might be more effective. People may not necessarily agree with the positions you hold, but they may also have reasoned and nuanced reasons for holding the positions they do.