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Teach your kids about the NSA with the help of CryptoCat and DecipherDog.
- hondje 13y agoWhat ever happened to CryptoCat man after he discovered he had been rooted by the Canadian Intel people? He was as freaked out as could be (prudently) and then I haven't really heard about it since
- nutmeg 13y agoAt first I thought this was about https://crypto.cat/ https://crypto.cat/ And maybe this is the answer to the NSA's CryptoCat.
- mead5432 13y agoI don't know why the NSA would need a specific children's site as a recruitment tool... with the information they are pulling, couldn't they just watch the child's behavior and identify the ones who represent the best candidates to become spooks based on their internet activity, Facebook likes and personal social network (outside FB)? I'm disappointed that they have all of this and don't see the value in what they are collecting... Note the sarcasm
- MarkHarmon 13y agoMaybe the best candidates are so apt at covering their tracks that they never make a blip on the radar. hehe.
- shmerl 13y agoIt's a double edged sword. The more people are educated about cryptography, the more they can resist the abusive surveillance.
- sbi 13y agoThe campy NSA kids' website has nothing to do with recruitment; the Clinton administration required all Federal agencies to create websites for children in an April 18, 1997 memorandum [1]. This is clearly spelled out in the terms-of-use at nsa.gov [2]. [1]: https://www.cia.gov/kids-page/privacy-statement/whmemo.txt https://www.cia.gov/kids-page/privacy-statement/whmemo.txt [2]: http://www.nsa.gov/terms_of_use.shtml#kids http://www.nsa.gov/terms_of_use.shtml#kids
- Zigurd 13y agoThe characters are trademarked. That's disappointing. They would be much more useful in the public domain.