Well this doesn't look like a piece by a guardian reporter. Instead it is a guest post by the former head of the GCHQ. I feel like when they present a guest pie

Well this doesn't look like a piece by a guardian reporter. Instead it is a guest post by the former head of the GCHQ. I feel like when they present a guest piece by a new individual with a very obvious conflict of interest, then they should say so in big bold letters at the top of the article. Most people simply gloss over the postscript in light italics giving a brief bio of the author. TBH, I thought it was a really shit piece of writing. Not knowing who the author was I read it thinking "If the HN community upvoted this then there must be some merit to its contents.". However when I got the end and was disappointed, I read the byline because I was curious since the writing was so bad and the arguments so unconvincing.