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It's also possible that those inside the system have more information about what is going on and why. HN is often working on a very worst case assumption when i
by cmdkeen 13y ago
It's also possible that those inside the system have more information about what is going on and why.
HN is often working on a very worst case assumption when it comes to these stories whereas internal employees probably have a lot more context about what is actually happening.
They'll also probably being seeing the internal disfunction of their organisation, as every insider does. From the outside the NSA, GCHQ etc seem scary, omniscient, omnipresent and omnipotent beings. If instead you know the people doing the work, the internal politics etc you might be less afraid that the rights of normal people are being infringed.
- kryten 13y agoI've worked in the sector in question as a consultant. Without breaking anything I've signed I can say the following: The employees don't have any context either. They are strictly partitioned and assigned tasks. Most of the time they probably have no idea of the implications of what they are doing. People are forbidden from talking about work on a social level as well. What you don't say, no one else knows.