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I had the terrifying thought that this could apply to HTTPS or SSH sessions. That's alarmist, though, right?
by pronoiac 13y ago
I had the terrifying thought that this could apply to HTTPS or SSH sessions. That's alarmist, though, right?
- deleted 13y ago[deleted]
- mindslight 13y agoGiven that the only scrutiny they're ever subject to is public opinion in an occasional news-cycle-long burst, one would have to be pretty gullible to assume these guidelines imply any operational restrictions whatsoever. If no better excuse could be found, I'm sure this one would be trotted out to justify indefinitely storing even plain-text email - "in case of stenography".
- swombat 13y agoThe word is "steganography". Stenography is to do with taking notes.
- mindslight 13y agooops, thanks. Linguistic errors even give them ammunition for that kind of argument.
- LoganCale 13y agoGiven their other twisted interpretations of laws and policies to suit their purposes, I wouldn't be surprised. But we have no idea, because they classify everything, including how they interpret the existing laws.
- e3pi 13y ago>But we have no idea, because they classify everything, including how they interpret the existing laws. We do have an idea, let's label it 'Clapperspeak'. "Common accepted best practices of espionage trade craft" gives state sanctioned CLASSIFIED license to lie, cheat, steal, bear false witness, interpret 12 ways to Sunday, anything and everything.
- tptacek 13y agoI assume that this applies to HTTPS and SSH sessions.
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- nathas 13y agoWhy wouldn't it apply to HTTPS and SSH?