3 ms·
I appreciate you pointing out the inaccuracies. Was actually hoping for that. > But how is that fundamentally different than MIT, Stanford et al training a pip
by ibash 2y ago
I appreciate you pointing out the inaccuracies. Was actually hoping for that.
> But how is that fundamentally different than MIT, Stanford et al training a pipeline of people that go to big tech firms that also arguably violate privacy?
Unit 8200 is a military intelligence unit focused on online spying and hacking right?
Isn’t the implied fundamental difference clear?
- tguvot 2y agoyou do know that MIT and a bunch of other us universities doing a bunch of military research/engineering https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_Affiliated_Research_Center?useskin=vector https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_Affiliated_Research... https://ras.mit.edu/grant-and-contract-administration/sponsor-information/department-defense https://ras.mit.edu/grant-and-contract-administration/sponso... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_Lincoln_Laboratory?useskin=vector https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_Lincoln_Laboratory?useskin... you should also consider how much of different research about cybersecurity/hacking comes from universities.
- ibash 2y agoI do know that. But again, a military intelligence unit focused on spying is not equivalent to a university.
- tguvot 2y agogiven that universities produce hackers and military tech, i am not sure
- LargoLasskhyfv 2y ago/me thinks the 'zoning' is rather grey. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_Language_Institute https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_Language_Institute
- compsciphd 2y agothe point is that 8200 didn't create them. Alumni did. The wording of the article tries to imply that 8200 created them and perhaps were just marketed by private companies (the only way I can understand their wording). This simply isn't true. The point of comparing alumni of 8200 to a university was to give the more favorable reading to the concept of "product" of, but why I also dont think its a fair reading.