Company wants us to write about "preventing the next Snowden" (washingtonpost.com)

12 points by RougeFemme 12y ago ↗ HN

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a3voices 12y ago ↗

The best way to prevent the next Snowden is to follow ethical behavior.

hfantods 12y ago ↗

"New technology helps stop insider threat [of exposing massive systematic abuse of power]"

minimaxir 12y ago ↗

...but I wanted to offer a discussion with HyTrust, the cloud security automation company,

Most convoluted attempt at guerrilla marketing I've ever seen.

DigitalSea 12y ago ↗

Why did The Washington Post just give this company free PR by posting the details and company name in the letter? I feel as though the company name should have been redacted... They just effectively got a paid article in The Washington Post for free, nice.