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Everyone loves a good conspiracy. It distracts us from the real world of carelessness, incompetence, laziness, and lowpriorityness.

mattigames 7y ago
Plus there is so much problems, corruption, conflicts of interest in plain sight with little to no accountability that is laughable someone is going the extra mile to hide their steps.
justaman 7y ago
If I was trying to hide my presence, I wouldn't name something after myself. $0.02
- IanSanders 7y ago
  It was MS who named it, probably
- ziftface 7y ago
  Maybe that was the incompetence you guys are talking about.
yohanzw 7y ago
The real world is far more complicated than simply carelessness, incompetence, laziness, and lowpriorityness. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/11/microsoft-nsa-collaboration-user-data https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/11/microsoft-nsa-... https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2009/11/nsa_microsoft_windows_7.html?t=1579010193774 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2009/11/nsa_microsof...
apexalpha 7y ago
Yes because the NSA snooping in everyone's data turned out to be a conspiracy...
- Someone1234 7y ago
  Using an intentionally built in Windows backdoor, it did, yes. Instead they relied on good ol' completely unencrypted traffic flowing across wires they had hooks in.
- parksy 7y ago
  It did though, didn't it? Intelligence organisations worldwide execute their operations in total secrecy and have hidden agreements with international counterparts to share information on each others' citizens in a way that bypasses the laws and constitutions of their host nations. Secret plans that circumvent the law is pretty much the definition of conspiracy.
  - adossi 7y ago
    Just because they didn't need to 'circumvent the law' doesn't mean what they did was any less than subversive. Thanks to secret courts the law is whatever they want it to be.
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  - newguy1234 7y ago
    Google prism, xkeyscore, TAO.
- jandrese 7y ago
  They weren't breaking your crypto to snoop on you though. Turns out the public information about you is enough to generate a pretty reliable profile of a person.
  - sb057 7y ago
    PRISM utilized entirely public info? Information regarding every phone call you've ever made, including time, recipient, length, and location are public?
parksy 7y ago
Ah the old conspiracy conspiracy.
ta999999171 7y ago
Conspiracy THEORY

mattigames 7y ago

Plus there is so much problems, corruption, conflicts of interest in plain sight with little to no accountability that is laughable someone is going the extra mile to hide their steps.

justaman 7y ago

If I was trying to hide my presence, I wouldn't name something after myself. $0.02

IanSanders 7y ago
It was MS who named it, probably
ziftface 7y ago
Maybe that was the incompetence you guys are talking about.

yohanzw 7y ago

The real world is far more complicated than simply carelessness, incompetence, laziness, and lowpriorityness. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/11/microsoft-nsa-collaboration-user-data https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/11/microsoft-nsa-... https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2009/11/nsa_microsoft_windows_7.html?t=1579010193774 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2009/11/nsa_microsof...

apexalpha 7y ago

Yes because the NSA snooping in everyone's data turned out to be a conspiracy...

Someone1234 7y ago
Using an intentionally built in Windows backdoor, it did, yes. Instead they relied on good ol' completely unencrypted traffic flowing across wires they had hooks in.
parksy 7y ago
It did though, didn't it? Intelligence organisations worldwide execute their operations in total secrecy and have hidden agreements with international counterparts to share information on each others' citizens in a way that bypasses the laws and constitutions of their host nations. Secret plans that circumvent the law is pretty much the definition of conspiracy.
- adossi 7y ago
  Just because they didn't need to 'circumvent the law' doesn't mean what they did was any less than subversive. Thanks to secret courts the law is whatever they want it to be.
  - deleted 7y ago
    [deleted]
- newguy1234 7y ago
  Google prism, xkeyscore, TAO.
jandrese 7y ago
They weren't breaking your crypto to snoop on you though. Turns out the public information about you is enough to generate a pretty reliable profile of a person.
- sb057 7y ago
  PRISM utilized entirely public info? Information regarding every phone call you've ever made, including time, recipient, length, and location are public?

parksy 7y ago

Ah the old conspiracy conspiracy.

ta999999171 7y ago

Conspiracy THEORY