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That used to be the case on usenet too - people would put attention-grabbing words in .signature as "NSA Food" - to overwhelm the NSA data capture algos. It see
by ianmcgowan 6y ago
That used to be the case on usenet too - people would put attention-grabbing words in .signature as "NSA Food" - to overwhelm the NSA data capture algos. It seemed like a futile gesture even at the time, but particularly poignant looking back from a post-Snowden world.
- eternalban 6y agoThe real poignancy is the shift in hacker political views. Call it post-software-is-sexy world. Those usenet sigs were by hackers who lived in a world where software engineer or programmer were social reject code words. That world changed after geeks came into money. Suddenly but soon thereafter, paranoia about privacy was rewarded by tinfoil hats. (And then yes, years later, came along this guy called Snowden.)