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I was on an IRC channel hosted by this guy. Maybe 5-6 people all 13-15 back in 2007. They were/are my best friends. For over 10 years we talked. The guy who ran

by mruts 7y ago

I was on an IRC channel hosted by this guy. Maybe 5-6 people all 13-15 back in 2007. They were/are my best friends. For over 10 years we talked. The guy who ran it worked for the CIA and got arrested as the person responsible for the Vault7 hacking tools leak. Now the server has been taken by the FBI and I had to have a very interesting conversation about all the shit we said over the years. Now he’s going to spend the rest of his life in prison. Hits me hard everytime I think about it...

theNJR 7y ago
Well you win for the most epic paragraph on the internet for this month.
- craftyguy 7y ago
  It's easy to make up stories on the internet for fake internet points.
  - dang 7y ago
    Yes, but it's just as easy to reject true things that people say because they violate preconceptions. We see at least as much of that as the other on HN. And don't forget that the site guidelines include "Assume good faith." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
    - craftyguy 7y ago
      Right, I'm sure all of the repeditive HN frontpage content about facebook, tesla, shitcoin, etc is posted "in good faith" and not to accumulate fake internet points.
      - dang 7y ago
        The mind reels at that subject leap! But sure, I think most articles are posted in good faith, and we gain more by assuming good faith than by not. It's not only about which assumption models reality better—it's also about the change it makes in ourselves.
  - mruts 7y ago
    It's easier to dismiss true stories as fiction because of your world view.
orhmeh09 7y ago
Joshua Schulte? Here’s a recent story: https://www.cyberscoop.com/vault-7-joshua-schulte-wikileaks-civil-rights-violation-50-billion/ https://www.cyberscoop.com/vault-7-joshua-schulte-wikileaks-...
- jacksproit 7y ago
  I could find very little information about that website. First time I've seen it referenced before. Seemed like a very strongly worded article to me.
- bredren 7y ago
  How do you have this different view of the world and work deeply for the CIA. Is talent that hard to attain rn?
  - mruts 7y ago
    People change over time. Working for the CIA probably makes you change faster than most jobs.
- mruts 7y ago
  Yes.
quake 7y ago
I read about that! Knights of Something or other. Didn't he caught by having it on a ftp server or something?
- mruts 7y ago
  IRC Knights. He got caught by having a a truecrypt image inside a truecrypt. He had the passwords on his cellphone.

by mruts 7y ago

theNJR 7y ago

Well you win for the most epic paragraph on the internet for this month.

craftyguy 7y ago
It's easy to make up stories on the internet for fake internet points.
- dang 7y ago
  Yes, but it's just as easy to reject true things that people say because they violate preconceptions. We see at least as much of that as the other on HN. And don't forget that the site guidelines include "Assume good faith." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  - craftyguy 7y ago
    Right, I'm sure all of the repeditive HN frontpage content about facebook, tesla, shitcoin, etc is posted "in good faith" and not to accumulate fake internet points.
    - dang 7y ago
      The mind reels at that subject leap! But sure, I think most articles are posted in good faith, and we gain more by assuming good faith than by not. It's not only about which assumption models reality better—it's also about the change it makes in ourselves.
- mruts 7y ago
  It's easier to dismiss true stories as fiction because of your world view.

orhmeh09 7y ago

Joshua Schulte? Here’s a recent story: https://www.cyberscoop.com/vault-7-joshua-schulte-wikileaks-civil-rights-violation-50-billion/ https://www.cyberscoop.com/vault-7-joshua-schulte-wikileaks-...

jacksproit 7y ago
I could find very little information about that website. First time I've seen it referenced before. Seemed like a very strongly worded article to me.
bredren 7y ago
How do you have this different view of the world and work deeply for the CIA. Is talent that hard to attain rn?
- mruts 7y ago
  People change over time. Working for the CIA probably makes you change faster than most jobs.
mruts 7y ago
Yes.

quake 7y ago

I read about that! Knights of Something or other. Didn't he caught by having it on a ftp server or something?

mruts 7y ago
IRC Knights. He got caught by having a a truecrypt image inside a truecrypt. He had the passwords on his cellphone.