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I don't think Slate is trying to crucify Edward Snowden. I think it was more "If a high school dropout with basic computer skills can win this contract, imagine
by gkoberger 13y ago
I don't think Slate is trying to crucify Edward Snowden. I think it was more "If a high school dropout with basic computer skills can win this contract, imagine what a talented hacker with malicious intentions could do", and just happened to attack Snowden a bit too much.
- obstacle1 13y agoEven Slate admits, though, that they have no idea what level his computer skills are at or how good a fit he was for the job: >Yes, he could be a computing savant anyway—many well-known techies dropped out of school They're basically bemoaning his lack of official credentials.
- gkoberger 13y agoOn the contrary, I think that's their point ("we don't know!").
- arthulia 13y agoI think the real thing to take home here is that they trusted him and he broke that trust. Who else are they trusting that they shouldn't be?
- frankacter 13y agoI though the real issue was that we trusted the American government and they broke that trust?
- lurker14 13y agoThis appears to be a rare case where the headline is a meaningful statement (If an NSA contractor violates NSA's infosec, how can we trust the NSA with ours?) while the article is sensationalist tripe, focusing on an irrelevant angle.
- eightyone 13y agoWhich is rather humorous considering how articulate he was in the video of him being interviewed by Glenn Greenwald. You can tell immediately he's not your stereotypical drop out.