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Is it really so unbelievable to be wary of the former director of the NSA joining a company that has enormous amounts of data as well as literal microphones in
by blackearl 6y ago
Is it really so unbelievable to be wary of the former director of the NSA joining a company that has enormous amounts of data as well as literal microphones in millions of homes? I don't really care about the source, facts are facts and this appointment is a bit scary.
- jjcon 6y agoThe dude is also the ceo of a cyber security company. Do you want a government to be run by people who know what they are doing? Then you need people with experience. People with experience also make great private sector employees/ceos/board members. So no i dont think it is at all weird and the tinfoil hat looks ridiculous on you.
- n_io 6y agoIt’s not about conspiracy theories and tin foil hats. It’s about drawing lines of separations between church and state, government and corporations. The fact that so many people like yourself accept these moral failings as the new normal is honestly mind blowing. It’s like we’ve completely forgotten the iniquity of a conflict of interest...
- jjcon 6y agoNot sure what church and state had to do with this but... If you can’t leave the public sector for the private sector nobody would work for government. If you want the best and brightest you need to hire from the biggest companies because they can afford them. There has to be overlap and back and forth.
- dang 6y agoPersonal swipes aren't ok in HN comments. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and sticking to the rules when posting here, we'd be grateful.