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Why is a dude wearing a shirt on the front page?

by jiggy2011 13y ago

IBCNU 13y ago
Probably because he's the most powerful person on the planet wearing a t-shirt which signals that he stands for the very value's most assume he disregards?
- JoeAcchino 13y ago
  Great, now I'm totally reassured.
  - dllthomas 13y ago
    ... it's still interesting
- jiggy2011 13y ago
  Most powerful guy on the planet? I hadn't heard of him until now.
  - throwaway10001 13y ago
    Most powerful guy on the planet? I hadn't heard of him until now. He's probably heard of you and that's the real power. He may have to do a few searches but he definitely knows more about you than you know about about yourself (you can forget what you said, how you felt or what did--the computer does not)
    - jiggy2011 13y ago
      He is still subservient to the government. And really you would only know the most mundane stuff about me by seeing my google searches.
      - alexqgb 13y ago
        Dude, he IS the government.
        jiggy2011 13y ago
        No, he's an employee.
        jleader 13y ago
        "No, he's an employee" ... who likely has access to all his bosses' communications.
        CamperBob2 13y ago
        In the sense that J. Edgar Hoover was an "employee," perhaps.
        wavefunction 13y ago
        go date him if you feel this strongly
    - wavefunction 13y ago
      lul, the computer doesn't see into the mind or the soul, and that's exactly what a guy like this would want you to believe. you're ridiculous if you think a person can be reduced to a model derived from algos
  - dlsym 13y ago
    "Why is a dude wearing a shirt on the front page?" Not sure if... "Most powerful guy on the planet? I hadn't heard of him until now." OK. Troll.
    - jiggy2011 13y ago
      huh?
  - mindcrime 13y ago
    Most powerful guy on the planet? I hadn't heard of him until now. Do you think that your having heard of him, or not, has anything to do with how much power he wields? The guy commands the NSA and a big chunk of US military forces. See: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/06/general-keith-alexander-cyberwar/all/ http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/06/general-keith-alexa...
whatshisface 13y ago
"Keith B. Alexander (born December 2, 1951) is the current Director, National Security Agency (DIRNSA), Chief, Central Security Service (CHCSS) and Commander, United States Cyber Command." -wikipedia
kmm 13y ago
This is Keith Alexander[0], the current director of the NSA. It's ironic that the person wearing a shirt from a group that strives for digital rights, including privacy, is worn by the Director of an agency that is trying to snoop on all communication. 0: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_B._Alexander http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_B._Alexander
- rdl 13y ago
  In addition to the SIGINT/spying mission, they also want to secure US (government and private) infrastructure, and need a technically competent workforce to do both missions. So not that hard to understand.
  - jacquesm 13y ago
    I sense a slight conflict of interest.
    - rdl 13y ago
      Internal to NSA that's called the "equities debate". Pretty much fought through the 1990s -- the defense guys won once credit cards needed to be processed online, and 1998-2001 was kind of the golden age, then the Saudis crashed their planes and pretty much from 9/11 on it's been all the offense/SIGINT. Within the government, there were a lot of big pushes through the 2000s (and to today) to do things like disconnecting government from the commercial internet except via specific gateways, get host based intrusion detection on all DoD computers ("HBSS"), ban USB keys (after the Russians started putting nice factory shinkwrapped ones full of malware in the on-base markets in Afghanistan...), etc. I.e. bringing government up to the level of a well-secured private organization.
  - subsystem 13y ago
    Of course you could argue that those aren't necessarily separate missions. http://articles.latimes.com/2009/jul/14/opinion/oe-radack14 http://articles.latimes.com/2009/jul/14/opinion/oe-radack14
elorant 13y ago
Wired had a pretty good article about him the other day. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/06/general-keith-alexander-cyberwar/ http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/06/general-keith-alexa...
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edwardunknown 13y ago
HN went full retard and it isn't coming back.

Why is a dude wearing a shirt on the front page?

IBCNU 13y ago

Probably because he's the most powerful person on the planet wearing a t-shirt which signals that he stands for the very value's most assume he disregards?

JoeAcchino 13y ago
Great, now I'm totally reassured.
- dllthomas 13y ago
  ... it's still interesting
jiggy2011 13y ago
Most powerful guy on the planet? I hadn't heard of him until now.
- throwaway10001 13y ago
  Most powerful guy on the planet? I hadn't heard of him until now. He's probably heard of you and that's the real power. He may have to do a few searches but he definitely knows more about you than you know about about yourself (you can forget what you said, how you felt or what did--the computer does not)
  - jiggy2011 13y ago
    He is still subservient to the government. And really you would only know the most mundane stuff about me by seeing my google searches.
    - alexqgb 13y ago
      Dude, he IS the government.
      - jiggy2011 13y ago
        No, he's an employee.
        jleader 13y ago
        "No, he's an employee" ... who likely has access to all his bosses' communications.
        CamperBob2 13y ago
        In the sense that J. Edgar Hoover was an "employee," perhaps.
      - wavefunction 13y ago
        go date him if you feel this strongly
  - wavefunction 13y ago
    lul, the computer doesn't see into the mind or the soul, and that's exactly what a guy like this would want you to believe. you're ridiculous if you think a person can be reduced to a model derived from algos
- dlsym 13y ago
  "Why is a dude wearing a shirt on the front page?" Not sure if... "Most powerful guy on the planet? I hadn't heard of him until now." OK. Troll.
  - jiggy2011 13y ago
    huh?
- mindcrime 13y ago
  Most powerful guy on the planet? I hadn't heard of him until now. Do you think that your having heard of him, or not, has anything to do with how much power he wields? The guy commands the NSA and a big chunk of US military forces. See: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/06/general-keith-alexander-cyberwar/all/ http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/06/general-keith-alexa...

whatshisface 13y ago

"Keith B. Alexander (born December 2, 1951) is the current Director, National Security Agency (DIRNSA), Chief, Central Security Service (CHCSS) and Commander, United States Cyber Command." -wikipedia

kmm 13y ago

This is Keith Alexander[0], the current director of the NSA. It's ironic that the person wearing a shirt from a group that strives for digital rights, including privacy, is worn by the Director of an agency that is trying to snoop on all communication. 0: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_B._Alexander http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_B._Alexander

rdl 13y ago
In addition to the SIGINT/spying mission, they also want to secure US (government and private) infrastructure, and need a technically competent workforce to do both missions. So not that hard to understand.
- jacquesm 13y ago
  I sense a slight conflict of interest.
  - rdl 13y ago
    Internal to NSA that's called the "equities debate". Pretty much fought through the 1990s -- the defense guys won once credit cards needed to be processed online, and 1998-2001 was kind of the golden age, then the Saudis crashed their planes and pretty much from 9/11 on it's been all the offense/SIGINT. Within the government, there were a lot of big pushes through the 2000s (and to today) to do things like disconnecting government from the commercial internet except via specific gateways, get host based intrusion detection on all DoD computers ("HBSS"), ban USB keys (after the Russians started putting nice factory shinkwrapped ones full of malware in the on-base markets in Afghanistan...), etc. I.e. bringing government up to the level of a well-secured private organization.
- subsystem 13y ago
  Of course you could argue that those aren't necessarily separate missions. http://articles.latimes.com/2009/jul/14/opinion/oe-radack14 http://articles.latimes.com/2009/jul/14/opinion/oe-radack14

elorant 13y ago

Wired had a pretty good article about him the other day. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/06/general-keith-alexander-cyberwar/ http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/06/general-keith-alexa...

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edwardunknown 13y ago

HN went full retard and it isn't coming back.