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> the U.S. government will pay hackers top dollar to use whatever means necessary to get the data for them. Probably the current state of affair anyway.
by m-p-3 6y ago
> the U.S. government will pay hackers top dollar to use whatever means necessary to get the data for them.
Probably the current state of affair anyway.
- m463 6y agoExcept out in the open with plausible ... stuff. Kind of like how woods hole "finds" a lot of stuff in the ocean.
- nitrogen 6y agoCould you elaborate on the "stuff" that is found in the ocean for the purposes of this analogy?
- thecoppinger 6y agoSecond that, please - the analogy went over my head, but sounds interesting
- m463 6y agoI suspect other arms of the government that can put a man far underwater find things in the ocean and pass it on. so if woods hole finds something, or a hacker finds something, who knows if they got a hint from elsewhere.
- dannyw 6y agoI mean, if this means bounty hunters sell their exploits to the US Government instead of selling it to a financial fraud ring, that seems like a good thing.
- throwawayway9 6y agoCould you elaborate on that?
- Nbox9 6y agoProbably for some operations. This would allow more of the intercepted and decrypted messages to become evidence in court. This would encourage more law enforcement agencies to use more backdoors. IANAL