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I never realized it was a UK governemnt agency developing this !

seanhunter 3y ago
Yes. GCHQ is the signals intelligence agency that grew out of the work at Bletchley Park on code breaking in WW2. So the UK's version of the NSA. https://www.gchq.gov.uk/ https://www.gchq.gov.uk/ <- this is their website.[1] [1] If you click on it they will be able to track you down via your IP address and super seekret cyberspy-fu. Just kidding. .... or am I? Actually I really am. I have no way of knowing either way. Or do I? I mean, how would you know? I really don't though. At least as far as you know.
- mindcrime 3y ago
  If you click on it they will be able to track you down via your IP address and super seekret cyberspy-fu. Just kidding. .... or am I? Actually I really am. I have no way of knowing either way. Or do I? I mean, how would you know? I really don't though. At least as far as you know. Only if they know Visual Basic.
  - function_seven 3y ago
    Well, this is a GUI, so it stands to reason that they're experts in Visual Basic.
- airblade 3y ago
  Actually the NSA is the US’s version of GCHQ.
- JetSetIlly 3y ago
  GCHQ was the cover name for Bletchley Park but the organisation's name at the time was GC&CS which was established in 1919. So very old and surprisingly predates WW2
  - wrboyce 3y ago
    What did GC&CS stand for? (Yes I could search for this but I feel like curious conversation is almost a lost art these days.)
    - defrost 3y ago
      I'd have to check my notes from a 40 year old interview with a former Bletchley Park code breaker .. as I recall ... The official legit name of GC&CS was Government Code and Cypher School .. but IIRC at the time (1919 post WWI) the official name was coined it was putting out letterheads and contracts as G<something> Copper & Cable Services. That's a dim recollection of what may have been one of many inside jokes | chuckles from WWII Bletchley as retold to an Australia some 30 odd years later so YMMV. It's in keeping with keeping secrets from the general public & foreign agents via a Boring Name. The British | Commonwealth WWII company front for their pre Manhatten Project nuclear programme was Tube Alloys .. so they did like a dull metals related cover name. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tube_Alloys https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tube_Alloys
      - JetSetIlly 3y ago
        I've always been amused by these boring sounding cover names. In the USSR, nuclear related work was administered by the "Ministry of Medium Machine Building". And The Manhattan Project was originally the "Manhattan Engineering District". Although that sounds a little bit exotic, at least to my ears.
      - wrboyce 3y ago
        Fantastic, I’m glad I asked! Thanks for the insight.
- helpfulContrib 3y ago
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RobinL 3y ago
Yes. This is actually (as far as I know) by far the most popular UK gov repo on GitHub in terms of number of stars - kudos to the devs!
Havoc 3y ago
I had always assumed it’s just a username too

Yes. GCHQ is the signals intelligence agency that grew out of the work at Bletchley Park on code breaking in WW2. So the UK's version of the NSA. https://www.gchq.gov.uk/ https://www.gchq.gov.uk/ <- this is their website.[1] [1] If you click on it they will be able to track you down via your IP address and super seekret cyberspy-fu. Just kidding. .... or am I? Actually I really am. I have no way of knowing either way. Or do I? I mean, how would you know? I really don't though. At least as far as you know.

mindcrime 3y ago
If you click on it they will be able to track you down via your IP address and super seekret cyberspy-fu. Just kidding. .... or am I? Actually I really am. I have no way of knowing either way. Or do I? I mean, how would you know? I really don't though. At least as far as you know. Only if they know Visual Basic.
- function_seven 3y ago
  Well, this is a GUI, so it stands to reason that they're experts in Visual Basic.
airblade 3y ago
Actually the NSA is the US’s version of GCHQ.
JetSetIlly 3y ago
GCHQ was the cover name for Bletchley Park but the organisation's name at the time was GC&CS which was established in 1919. So very old and surprisingly predates WW2
- wrboyce 3y ago
  What did GC&CS stand for? (Yes I could search for this but I feel like curious conversation is almost a lost art these days.)
  - defrost 3y ago
    I'd have to check my notes from a 40 year old interview with a former Bletchley Park code breaker .. as I recall ... The official legit name of GC&CS was Government Code and Cypher School .. but IIRC at the time (1919 post WWI) the official name was coined it was putting out letterheads and contracts as G<something> Copper & Cable Services. That's a dim recollection of what may have been one of many inside jokes | chuckles from WWII Bletchley as retold to an Australia some 30 odd years later so YMMV. It's in keeping with keeping secrets from the general public & foreign agents via a Boring Name. The British | Commonwealth WWII company front for their pre Manhatten Project nuclear programme was Tube Alloys .. so they did like a dull metals related cover name. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tube_Alloys https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tube_Alloys
    - JetSetIlly 3y ago
      I've always been amused by these boring sounding cover names. In the USSR, nuclear related work was administered by the "Ministry of Medium Machine Building". And The Manhattan Project was originally the "Manhattan Engineering District". Although that sounds a little bit exotic, at least to my ears.
    - wrboyce 3y ago
      Fantastic, I’m glad I asked! Thanks for the insight.
helpfulContrib 3y ago
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RobinL 3y ago

Yes. This is actually (as far as I know) by far the most popular UK gov repo on GitHub in terms of number of stars - kudos to the devs!

Havoc 3y ago

I had always assumed it’s just a username too