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by grandalf 10y ago
> There is a lot more going on there, and many more independent actors. Quite true. I was only trying to make the point that the US/Russia conflict has had a significant impact on the middle east and strongly shaped US enthusiasm fo
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by grandalf 10y ago
Excellent points. The whole thing wreaks of grossly incompetent HR staff, as well as a management team that was unaware of the very real legal risks that allowing this sort of culture creates. The guy who did it may be eccentric and totally
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by grandalf 10y ago
> the best outcome for Uber It's OK if it's the best outcome, so long as those who broke the law are fairly punished. At this point, I'm not aware that Susan has initiated a lawsuit, so I'm guessing she'll be co
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by grandalf 10y ago
Things like this are designed to let you easily discover the structure of a protocol for snooping or reverse engineering. You can do all that (and much more) with GNURadio, but this tool offers a streamlined way to do a smaller set of speci
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by grandalf 10y ago
I don't think it contains factual errors. If you could please elaborate on what you think the errors are I'd appreciate it (so I can learn more about specific aspects). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Uni
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by grandalf 10y ago
> except that they are not and there is And you are in a privileged position to discern these? As citizens, our role is not to trust our leaders, it is to be harshly skeptical of them and demand that they present evidence for endeavor
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by grandalf 10y ago
> If only your comments were skeptical. How would you characterize them? Most of the people who believe that Russia was involved in the hacking or election meddling seem happy to believe it without evidence. As McCain spouted, cyber atta
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by grandalf 10y ago
You seem to have misread my comment. I attempted to frame Flynn's perspective as one of the available strategies toward Russia. I am not making a moral judgment about any of the strategies, though I do point out in the linked comment
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by grandalf 10y ago
> Don't forget the evidence that isn't public. This is what George W. Bush said about Iraqi WMDs. The narrative was that there was a lot of evidence provided by intelligence agencies supporting the idea that Saddam had WMDs, b
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by grandalf 10y ago
I learned from the Iraq war that when leaders tell me I should want war I ought to be skeptical.
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by grandalf 10y ago
I think we should view a strategy like the one Flynn advocated only as an alternative to the current approach of proxy wars. It may or may not make sense. My understanding of the US/Russia dynamic is described here: https://
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by grandalf 10y ago
Trump has made statements about wishing to align with Russia against radical Islam, so how can this be part of a conspiracy? Trump said a lot of that stuff during the campaign because he likely hadn't realized the extent of the proxy w
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by grandalf 10y ago
There is apparently a protocol for actual intelligence service findings, and this document did not follow that protocol. It was thus simply created to serve a political/PR purpose. The sloppiness of its construction, its reliance upon
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by grandalf 10y ago
> three agencies assessed with high confidence the attribution of the campaign to Russia. The medium confidence assertion was about whether Russia intended to actually get President Trump elected, of which evidence is not clear or stron
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by grandalf 10y ago
Right. If there is a deep Russian conspiracy to undermine government and Trump and many on his team are compromised, surely a leaker would feel confident that he/she would be vindicated for having helped inform the public about it (es
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by grandalf 10y ago
Thanks for posting this. It's the most obvious thing, but yet it escapes so many people.
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by grandalf 10y ago
This is true, my comment was a bit hastily written. The general point I was trying to make is that compared to zero source material, leaks that are accompanied by source material are less vulnerable to fabricated embellishments, though they
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by grandalf 10y ago
So the location of the server used to generate phishing emails counts as evidence of its origin? Were there IOCs that link non-circumstantially to a state sponsored effort?
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by grandalf 10y ago
> There is ample evidence of Russian hacking directed at the DNC to produce material to leak. What is this evidence? I have yet to hear about it.
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by grandalf 10y ago
That looks interesting. However I think evidence would be something actually linking the hacks with that group. The group was accused, but no evidence was presented linking it, just speculation.
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by grandalf 10y ago
Tillerson worked with them as part of his business, so not sure how this is troubling. Flynn was asked to attend a banquet or something along those lines by RT. Some of the others did some consulting work of some sort. When you are a reti
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by grandalf 10y ago
> preponderance of evidence What evidence are you referring to. As far as I know none has been made public. There have been a lot of accusations and a few rumors but (gasp) zero evidence of hacking or any other troubling links w/ R
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by grandalf 10y ago
Good point. That could certainly be the desired goal, which is why it's frustrating that the media is running with the rumor stories without making the lack of substantiating detail more of an issue. There should be a lot of pressure
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by grandalf 10y ago
- My cast iron skillet. It's indestructible and once I learned to season it and cook with it, I prefer it over any other. - 15" Macbook Pro w/ Retina display, iPhone 7 - BNC connectors - The Xtrend Professional Rabbit Wine O
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by grandalf 10y ago
> Why not talk about how wrong Uber was in every way and at every level - allowing a manager to attempt to proposition new direct reports for sex on their first day, not immediately firing them for this, trying to suppress this when tak
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by grandalf 10y ago
People are quick to point the finger at Uber's management, culture, etc. But after reading through Susan's reflections, the core problem seems to be in the HR department. Allowing repeat offenses like Susan describes exposes Uber
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by grandalf 10y ago
Consider all the officials who have effectively been attacked by American intelligence agencies: Gen. Petraeus, Gen. Haight, Gen. Flynn, Hillary Clinton, and Trump! All this is quite recent, and in each case there have been explanations abo
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by grandalf 10y ago
Right. The Flynn leak is unfortunately just a rumor, and some partisans are trying to amplify it while others are trying to diminish it. Since a full transcript/recording obviously exists, the leaker seemingly felt that his/her po
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by grandalf 10y ago
It only matters what the motivations of the leaker were when the leak is a rumor. If the leak is an actual source document (or recording, etc.), it can stand on its own. Unfortunately, the leaker of the information about Flynn simply start
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by grandalf 10y ago
Youtube resorting to interruption ads in the first place was equivalent to Tesla deciding to ship each car with a small internal combustion engine bolted on. Considering the strides Amazon and Netflix have made with original content, I thin

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