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For those with security clearances, clicking on a random HN link is risking your job and livelihood. It's easy to see a link to WikiLeaks and avoid that but wh
by chrissnell 13y ago
For those with security clearances, clicking on a random HN link is risking your job and livelihood. It's easy to see a link to WikiLeaks and avoid that but when it's the WP posting it, not so much.
These articles really need to be flagged/tagged by HN and by the newspapers that publish them. I don't want to see a TS/SCI-classified document and I don't want to be seen as seeking them out.
I love the technical stories on HN (95% of what we read here) but it bothers me that I'm risking my clearance when I read this site.
- stefantalpalaru 13y agoHow about taking the necessary precautions yourself instead of asking a website to protect you from illegal information?
- mh- 13y agowhat precautions should/could he take, other than avoiding HN entirely?
- PavlovsCat 13y agoTaking more than the hostname of the link into account; the title maybe.
- stefantalpalaru 13y agoHiding his IP with Tor would be a good start. Using separate accounts for reading unsafe links and commenting safe ones can avoid detection based on writing style analysis. Since Tor exit nodes can be compromised easily and HTTPS is vulnerable to attackers powerful enough to have the private keys of major certificate authorities, the passwords used should not be reused for other services.
- jlgreco 13y agoIf I were him, I'd read titles before I click on them. Or you know, avoid HN entirely. Or quit.
- specialist 13y agoDo we need a new tag? [OPENSECRET]? Listening to Democracy Now this morning, one of the defense witnesses in the Manning trial explained that many, many of classified documented Manning is accused of leaking are also publicly available via government websites or in the media. For instance, personal details of detainees at gitmo. I'm struggling to understand how information which is in the public domain can be classified.
- rdixit 13y agoAFAIK this is primarily for the purposes of avoiding the court system. Things that are classified seem to be dealt with by the rubber-stamp FISA courts instead of the actual judicial system so they can avoid being challenged in the light of day.
- crgt 13y agoDid you really just ask HN to support Doublespeak?
- jlgreco 13y ago> These articles really need to be flagged/tagged by HN and by the newspapers that publish them If you are not permitted to use the internet like an adult, that is your problem.