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Hey, folks thought Echelon was a joke in the 90's until Snowden showed that Echelon is child's play. The Big Hack might be true or not, but it's not far fetche

• saagarjha 8y ago
  The issue is that Bloomberg couldn’t provide any real evidence for their claims when pressed.
  • jessaustin 8y ago
    That's standard practice for media these days. One recalls the dozens of breathlessly reported then forgotten inside of a week "inside leaks" about "Russian collusion".
• fungi 8y ago
  Few are denying that the Chinese Government spys, vacuums up as much data as possible and generally should not be trusted. But the specific allegations raised in the "The Big Hack" appear to be without basis. In my mind it looks more like "Weapons of Mass Destruction" BS that once saturated the media.
• ekianjo 8y ago
  > The Big Hack might be true or not So where is even the evidence that it might be true? Bloomberg did a fluff piece without any data or evidence to support their claims. And worse than anything, they kept their story alive despite all the suspicion raised by other companies. That's pretty bad for a journalistic body. > folks thought Echelon was a joke I'm not sure what sources you refer to, but most people at the time thought that something like Echelon was true in some form or another. The main thing that Snowden did is to show evidence of wrongdoing, the extent of the data collection scope, and the complicity of numerous high profile companies.