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This seems like something completely sensible and even predictable for the NSA to do.
by _n_b_ 9y ago
This seems like something completely sensible and even predictable for the NSA to do.
- nerdponx 9y agoIt's cool to see how it is done.
- yjftsjthsd-h 9y agoYeah, of all things to leak... even pre-Snowden, this is what I would expect the NSA to do, because watching other countries' intelligence agencies is what they're supposed to do.
- ryanlol 9y agoYou say this like it’s not obvious. Just because what they’re doing is OK doesn’t make it uninteresting. There are lots of posts on HN about completely sensible things. Why does the NSA need defending this badly anyway?
- chockZ 9y agoI think people are conditioned to associate "leaks" with "scandals" (especially when it comes to the three letter agencies), when in actuality this "leak" is just a revelation of completely reasonable and expected activities.
- brudgers 9y agoI take the comment as an explanation...not a claim that the world as it is is the the way it ought to be.
- ryanlol 9y agoDoes it really need explaining? The sky is blue, the NSA isn't 100% evil. It just feels really out of place under an article focusing on the technical side of things, not accusing the NSA of anything nefarious. Despite neither the article or any of the comments here suggesting there's anything wrong with the NSA activities being discussed, several users felt the need to preemptively stand up the agency: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16536778 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16536778 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16537479 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16537479 I don't know exactly what to make of it, but this kind of behavior just seems strange to me.
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- rch 9y agoAgreed. The news here is that they can't stop hemorrhaging information about their activities.
- meowface 9y agoI imagine the morale there right now must be completely in the dumps. The volume and frequency of critical leaks and breaches is pretty ridiculous.
- conmarap 9y agoI was about to comment the exact same thing. It's known for years, now, that they do that. This practice is outlined in the book "Cyber War: The Next Threat to National Security and What to Do About It," in which the author explains how the NSA has a profile on all (know) Chinese hackers.