Two things completely contradict this romantically naive line of reasoning: 1) that they were caught using this capability to stalk their lovers (that's just th

Two things completely contradict this romantically naive line of reasoning: 1) that they were caught using this capability to stalk their lovers (that's just the one we know of) 2) that the systems were not protected (Snowden being able to hoover it up using wget and no audit trail). (The fact that that these toxic datastores would be created so thoughtlessly and kept so badly makes one wonder about 'the smartest people on the planet'. Though if you've ever worked for a government contractor, you'll know that technical standards are typically among the worst on the planet.)