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Read the article he wasn't the director of the FBI: "The stolen emails appear to date from around 2011 to 2022"

by billfor 7mo ago

hughw 7mo ago
He's had over a year to enable it.
- DaSHacka 7mo ago
  Why would he, when he wasn't director of the FBI then?
  - hughw 7mo ago
    Agree only a smart person would the sense in it.
    - buzzerbetrayed 6mo ago
      [flagged]
    - DaSHacka 6mo ago
      fittingly ironic typo
  - thephyber 6mo ago
    You’re right. He was merely [checks notes]: - Chief of Staff to the United States Secretary of Defense (2020-2021) - Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence (2020) Not a big deal. No need for OpSec in those positions.
- sysguest 6mo ago
  woah but even I haven't heard about that gmail feature...? maybe google doesn't advertise about this much?
  - dessimus 6mo ago
    If only the Director of the FBI had access to some sort of investigative team, maybe more than one, maybe even enough that they use a collective term for it, something like, I don't know: bureau?
  - saulapremium 6mo ago
    "Even you"? Are you someone who would be inclined to look into something like that?
    - sysguest 6mo ago
      no but I've been interested in cryptography/anonimity stuff, so I see a lot of suggestions/advertisements related to those: signal, telegram, proton-mail, etc
  - thephyber 6mo ago
    They absolutely advertised it when it was released and every journalist knows about it. Kashmir Patel went out of his way to bypass security protocols for onboarding his political hires (for the US’s premiere domestic intelligence service!). If he wanted to be secure, all he had to do was not get in the way of the FBI’s natural processes. Also, this wouldn’t have happened if POTUS had hired someone with relevant FBI experience instead of a political hack.
    - sysguest 6mo ago
      > POTUS had hired someone with relevant FBI experience instead of a political hack. well what percentage of highly-rated FBI people have actually enabled that feature? did FBI had some internal recommendation to enable that feature? FBI isn't NSA people...
      - dessimus 6mo ago
        What are you talking about? There's literally a Cyber Crimes[0] division of the FBI, and they run the National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force (NCIJTF). They probably know a thing or two about cyber security for high-ranked governmental officials. [0] https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/cyber https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/cyber
GeorgeRichard 6mo ago
Are you suggesting that he was targeted before he became the director of the FBI? That seems unlikely. Once he became an obvious target surely the FBI should have secured his past, present and future communications. But I have no idea what protocols there are for such things, I'm just going off common sense, a notoriously sketchy starting point in the crazy world of the current US administration.
- coke12 6mo ago
  He was well known in the first Trump admin.

Read the article he wasn't the director of the FBI: "The stolen emails appear to date from around 2011 to 2022"

by billfor 7mo ago

Read the article he wasn't the director of the FBI: "The stolen emails appear to date from around 2011 to 2022"

hughw 7mo ago

He's had over a year to enable it.

DaSHacka 7mo ago
Why would he, when he wasn't director of the FBI then?
- hughw 7mo ago
  Agree only a smart person would the sense in it.
  - buzzerbetrayed 6mo ago
    [flagged]
  - DaSHacka 6mo ago
    fittingly ironic typo
- thephyber 6mo ago
  You’re right. He was merely [checks notes]: - Chief of Staff to the United States Secretary of Defense (2020-2021) - Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence (2020) Not a big deal. No need for OpSec in those positions.
sysguest 6mo ago
woah but even I haven't heard about that gmail feature...? maybe google doesn't advertise about this much?
- dessimus 6mo ago
  If only the Director of the FBI had access to some sort of investigative team, maybe more than one, maybe even enough that they use a collective term for it, something like, I don't know: bureau?
- saulapremium 6mo ago
  "Even you"? Are you someone who would be inclined to look into something like that?
  - sysguest 6mo ago
    no but I've been interested in cryptography/anonimity stuff, so I see a lot of suggestions/advertisements related to those: signal, telegram, proton-mail, etc
- thephyber 6mo ago
  They absolutely advertised it when it was released and every journalist knows about it. Kashmir Patel went out of his way to bypass security protocols for onboarding his political hires (for the US’s premiere domestic intelligence service!). If he wanted to be secure, all he had to do was not get in the way of the FBI’s natural processes. Also, this wouldn’t have happened if POTUS had hired someone with relevant FBI experience instead of a political hack.
  - sysguest 6mo ago
    > POTUS had hired someone with relevant FBI experience instead of a political hack. well what percentage of highly-rated FBI people have actually enabled that feature? did FBI had some internal recommendation to enable that feature? FBI isn't NSA people...
    - dessimus 6mo ago
      What are you talking about? There's literally a Cyber Crimes[0] division of the FBI, and they run the National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force (NCIJTF). They probably know a thing or two about cyber security for high-ranked governmental officials. [0] https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/cyber https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/cyber

GeorgeRichard 6mo ago

Are you suggesting that he was targeted before he became the director of the FBI? That seems unlikely. Once he became an obvious target surely the FBI should have secured his past, present and future communications. But I have no idea what protocols there are for such things, I'm just going off common sense, a notoriously sketchy starting point in the crazy world of the current US administration.

coke12 6mo ago
He was well known in the first Trump admin.