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IIRC the Snowden leaks revealed the NSA's data "exfiltration" practices which used a similar technique.
by wgx 6y ago
IIRC the Snowden leaks revealed the NSA's data "exfiltration" practices which used a similar technique.
- baq 6y agowhy quotes around exfiltration? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exfiltration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exfiltration
- SECProto 6y agoI'm guessing they used quotes around "exfiltration" because, per your link, the word is used as a near-synonym for data theft.
- dkarl 6y agoMaybe because exfiltration had an established meatspace usage before it was applied to data, and for a lot of people, applying it to data might be an extension (though a straightforward one) of the usage they're accustomed to to. Probably less necessary on HN than it would be in a forum that isn't explicitly technical.