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Is there any evidence of this? Certainly there is a single hacker out there that has been approached by the gov't or contracted for them for these purposes at
by bentcorner 13y ago
Is there any evidence of this? Certainly there is a single hacker out there that has been approached by the gov't or contracted for them for these purposes at some point, that is also willing to talk, even anonymously.
- brudgers 13y agoIt's not the Lone Ranger. It's a business. Think of Federal employees at Fort Meade, who were hired to do the sort of work I am describing. Think of defense contractors with nondescript offices in Fairfax who hire those same employees after they leave the government and whose employees spend their days writing and pulling and pushing and merging open-source software. Think of $200,000 a year. Think of Edward Snowden. A 1000 hackers is a line item in the NSA's budget. Or the KGB's. Or China's. It's asymmetric warfare. But the side without the money is disorganized and open and trusting.
- fixxer 13y ago> It's asymmetric warfare. But the side without the money is disorganized and open and trusting. The Snowden leak happened (as did Manning), so the Government is not as organized as optics would suggest. They are drowning in the data deluge just like everybody else.
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- marshray 13y agoSure, but 4,999,998 other people with secret level security clearances are not being whistleblowers and leakers. Hard to imagine a better success rate for any organization composed of fallible human beings.