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It's pretty easy to collect large lists of these types of code names from places like linkedin. Search for code name, find new code names, repeat. https://www.

It's pretty easy to collect large lists of these types of code names from places like linkedin. Search for code name, find new code names, repeat. https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Alinkedin.com%2Fpub%2F+XKEYSCORE https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Alinkedin.com%2Fpub%2F...

8ig8 13y ago
These codenames are great for speculating... FOXTRAIL, TREASUREMAP, WhichHunt, HOBGOBLIN, GLOBALVIEW
- aet 13y ago
  Treasure map- you can only imagine the possibilities here..
- caf 13y ago
  In theory, codenames are supposed to be random words that are in no way suggestive of the thing that they name. That ideal isn't always upheld, of course - the lure of a cute name can be too strong. (For example it is suspected that FOGBANK, which is a codeword for a material used in the construction of nuclear physics packages, refers to a silica aerogel)
  - teeja 13y ago
    Yeah, but names like Treadmill and BlackBriar just sound so cool though. At least they stopped using "Project" and "Operation" prefixes when they got tired.
  - Wingman4l7 13y ago
    Reminds me of how Bletchley Park broke some of the Enigma ciphers. The operators were supposed to abide by certain rules when making the 3-letter "keys" -- but they inevitably picked letters next to each other on the keyboard, used the same letters repeatedly ("AAA"), used the same key "pairs", used words, names, etc.
  - sneak 13y ago
    Some rather old perl I wrote to address this problem when naming things internally: https://github.com/sneak/Generate-Codename/blob/master/lib/Generate/Codename.pm https://github.com/sneak/Generate-Codename/blob/master/lib/G...
iblaine 13y ago
Ah, I like the guy who lists his databases knowledge to include Excel & XKeyScore. Either XKeyScore is so slick that it is indistinguishable from Excel or this particular person doesn't know what a database is. Either way, that cannot be good.
- coopdog 13y ago
  Or he's just maximising himself in the hire-by-keyword game that inefficient managers/recruiters use.
- rhizome 13y ago
  At the end of the day, it's evidence of the NSA having low-skills computer users rifling through your calls and internet. Make of that what you will.
cavilling_elite 13y ago
The irony of the Internet, just as easy to make an NSA profile as it is for a person tracking.
- dwiel 13y ago
  Just as easily? That would be nice, but it appears to me that the NSA still has the upper hand here.

8ig8 13y ago

These codenames are great for speculating... FOXTRAIL, TREASUREMAP, WhichHunt, HOBGOBLIN, GLOBALVIEW

aet 13y ago
Treasure map- you can only imagine the possibilities here..
caf 13y ago
In theory, codenames are supposed to be random words that are in no way suggestive of the thing that they name. That ideal isn't always upheld, of course - the lure of a cute name can be too strong. (For example it is suspected that FOGBANK, which is a codeword for a material used in the construction of nuclear physics packages, refers to a silica aerogel)
- teeja 13y ago
  Yeah, but names like Treadmill and BlackBriar just sound so cool though. At least they stopped using "Project" and "Operation" prefixes when they got tired.
- Wingman4l7 13y ago
  Reminds me of how Bletchley Park broke some of the Enigma ciphers. The operators were supposed to abide by certain rules when making the 3-letter "keys" -- but they inevitably picked letters next to each other on the keyboard, used the same letters repeatedly ("AAA"), used the same key "pairs", used words, names, etc.
- sneak 13y ago
  Some rather old perl I wrote to address this problem when naming things internally: https://github.com/sneak/Generate-Codename/blob/master/lib/Generate/Codename.pm https://github.com/sneak/Generate-Codename/blob/master/lib/G...

iblaine 13y ago

Ah, I like the guy who lists his databases knowledge to include Excel & XKeyScore. Either XKeyScore is so slick that it is indistinguishable from Excel or this particular person doesn't know what a database is. Either way, that cannot be good.

coopdog 13y ago
Or he's just maximising himself in the hire-by-keyword game that inefficient managers/recruiters use.
rhizome 13y ago
At the end of the day, it's evidence of the NSA having low-skills computer users rifling through your calls and internet. Make of that what you will.

cavilling_elite 13y ago

The irony of the Internet, just as easy to make an NSA profile as it is for a person tracking.

dwiel 13y ago
Just as easily? That would be nice, but it appears to me that the NSA still has the upper hand here.