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We see the same kind of behavior in corporations all the time. "Sony" is both "Columbia Pictures", which wants to put invasive DRM in your TV, and "Sony Electr
by dietrichepp 13y ago
We see the same kind of behavior in corporations all the time. "Sony" is both "Columbia Pictures", which wants to put invasive DRM in your TV, and "Sony Electronics", which wants to sell TVs without DRM so more people buy them.
And you can just look at the NSA's guide to securing Red Hat Linux.
http://www.nsa.gov/ia/_files/os/redhat/rhel5-guide-i731.pdf http://www.nsa.gov/ia/_files/os/redhat/rhel5-guide-i731.pdf
It's not substantially different than the information you'd find in any other book about security. Anyone is free to review or comment on it. I don't find it plausible that the NSA would hide any tricks in that document so they could track you. At best, they might omit information, such as knowledge of a 0-day exploit.
- fnordfnordfnord 13y agoI don't consider Sony trustworthy either. As far as the NSA's published guide you linked, of course it is in the national interest for them to do things like that, and given the nature of a public document it would be foolish for them to put false or misleading information in it. That would be both bad, and comically obvious. I was thinking more along the lines of them promoting or mandating the use of encryption/technology that has weaknesses known only to them.