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It's worth noting that it's even worse than that - some of the NSA employees contributing might not be aware of the motives involved if any are concealed.
by rincebrain 7y ago
It's worth noting that it's even worse than that - some of the NSA employees contributing might not be aware of the motives involved if any are concealed.
- ganzuul 7y agoFrom what I have read of how compartmentalized that organization is; could be no ill intent exists for now. Later however, the knowledge they gain could be used for a different purpose.
- AsyncAwait 7y ago> no ill intent exists for now. Later however, the knowledge they gain The thing is, if there's no ill intent now, there shouldn't be any backdoor to allow them to have any sort of special knowledge later. Unless you mean familiarity with the codebase in general. If they however do insert a backdoor, even without using it for anything now, "just in case", than that in itself is ill intent.
- ganzuul 7y agoI do mean familiarity. Also, there is connections with other people in the project.