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Has the NSA weakened cybersecurity and made life easier for cybercriminals?
- Zigurd 13y agoThis article brings out many salient points: 1. NSA has put far more effort in subverting security and privacy than supporting it. 2. Using corrupt practices like bribes to get back doors destroys the government's credibility. For example, DHS's cyber-security head is quoted in this article "We all have to make sure we get this right and we will, with full privacy and full civil rights...” Is there any doubt she would have to stand aside if DHS discovered an NSA exploit? 3. Until we know how the NSA collaborates with the US high tech firms on the PRISM list, we can't trust Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, PalTalk, AOL, Skype, YouTube, or Apple. These companies have made denials without supporting evidence, and have made no effort to uncover the reasons behind why they appear on the PRISM slides. 4. By raising expectations on the sophistication and audacity of attacks, and by breaking down any limits on using private companies to enable attacks, NSA has substantially worsened the outlook for cyber security, and has done nothing to mitigate this problem.
- zmanian 13y agoI've been trying to pivot the discussion around the NSA towards these greater harms and away from the gross illegality of the metadata program.