I am disputing that I broke the rules. The OP had said that tptacek was a shill. I defended tptacek by saying I didn't know that he was paid or whether he was just in the circle of security contractors (he is) or…
You should have posted this to OP. I am defending tptacek.
The Military-Industrial-Lol Complex, in fact - and the Build-a-lollers.
I agree with this. He has the benefit of being right, but not coming forth with his name is an 'optics' problem.
I'm not sure if he's paid, if his interests align (he's in the security contracting circle), or if he's genuinely naive in his cheerleading. I think most of the stuff he has to say is legitimate. It's just he very often…
Lol.
Yes, see the other thread. Responded there. Right, he was involved in insider trading. If you don't do anything illegal it's hard to blackmail you for it. That was the claim. Blackmail. Sure, he did something…
You are right about Risen and Sterling. I think you get the point though. The leverage placed on Risen to reveal his sources and the placement of Sterling under the Espionage Act - the use of backroom deals to keep…
He was charged with the Espionage Act. Please refer to the original comment to see that I did not claim the US charges individuals with treason. Risen got it better than others though in some ways. Binney and his family…
Not the ACLU. James Risen. Journalist.
Germany's Secret Service just charged their leading Civil Rights group on treason for publishing information about the German government's plans to further expand domestic mass surveillance. This is not different than…
Oh yeah. That's totally happening. The Sunshine Policy was ended some time ago. President Geun-hye called for international support for the unification at the UN. SK, the US and Japan have joint plans for the…
I find this neither complete nor accurate but it's good to see a list like this. Thanks for doing the legwork. Don't forget the Japan mutual defense deal, the upcoming Korea unification and all the other hundred things…
I do not. Microsoft Research and Google Research and IBM are examples of places where some of this research is done - and there's Universities. MITRE does as well as other semi-public orgs. But it's the case that all of…
The work that DARPA does is incredible and we should be proud, as a country, that we pursue transformational research. One of the big weaknesses of the private sector is that there are few opportunities to pursue…
This would be for a cryptographic attack - not someone with the hardware.
No, what my post was claiming is that the presence of malware didn't hurt my system and wasn't an issue when I browsed the files (on a practical basis). I understand the potential. I think it's valuable for you to do…
Unfortunately it is more difficult than this. Even if you practice safe computing it's likely that your information will be compromised - especially in the long term and especially if you are an organization. That's not…
Oh sorry. The Stratfor leaks had a TON of shady stuff. > I missed all that–can you point me in the right direction? Sure! The CEO of SONY, high level state department officials, RAND specialist on nuclear…
I really like this solution. Critics might be able to say that Wikileaks BOTH hosts malware AND tampers with evidence - but if Wikileaks has a voice to respond it has a pretty good reply. Filters and services sometimes…
It's an interesting problem: * If Wikileaks edits the content it can be criticized for tampering. * If Wikileaks leaves malware in it can be criticized for circulating malware. It may also give an excuse to search…
So it looks like there's not much of a worry someone has from looking through those files themselves. Personally I have looked through these files and have not run into any malware issues pointed out by the article. I…
That sounds mostly right to me. Barely floating or even running in the red (making shit for money) also provides financial incentives. But beyond the monetary there are plenty of types of leverage - legal, "human", and…
Journalism: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/03/us-cuban-twitte... http://bigstory.ap.org/article/us-secretly-created-cuban-twi... http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/usaid-effort-t... There's a bunch…
This is 100% absolutely the case. But it's important to ask hard questions and get denials: even when they are blatant lies it makes the organization responsible for the lies (and any associated fallout) and it puts…
I am disputing that I broke the rules. The OP had said that tptacek was a shill. I defended tptacek by saying I didn't know that he was paid or whether he was just in the circle of security contractors (he is) or…
You should have posted this to OP. I am defending tptacek.
The Military-Industrial-Lol Complex, in fact - and the Build-a-lollers.
I agree with this. He has the benefit of being right, but not coming forth with his name is an 'optics' problem.
I'm not sure if he's paid, if his interests align (he's in the security contracting circle), or if he's genuinely naive in his cheerleading. I think most of the stuff he has to say is legitimate. It's just he very often…
Lol.
Yes, see the other thread. Responded there. Right, he was involved in insider trading. If you don't do anything illegal it's hard to blackmail you for it. That was the claim. Blackmail. Sure, he did something…
You are right about Risen and Sterling. I think you get the point though. The leverage placed on Risen to reveal his sources and the placement of Sterling under the Espionage Act - the use of backroom deals to keep…
He was charged with the Espionage Act. Please refer to the original comment to see that I did not claim the US charges individuals with treason. Risen got it better than others though in some ways. Binney and his family…
Not the ACLU. James Risen. Journalist.
Germany's Secret Service just charged their leading Civil Rights group on treason for publishing information about the German government's plans to further expand domestic mass surveillance. This is not different than…
Oh yeah. That's totally happening. The Sunshine Policy was ended some time ago. President Geun-hye called for international support for the unification at the UN. SK, the US and Japan have joint plans for the…
I find this neither complete nor accurate but it's good to see a list like this. Thanks for doing the legwork. Don't forget the Japan mutual defense deal, the upcoming Korea unification and all the other hundred things…
I do not. Microsoft Research and Google Research and IBM are examples of places where some of this research is done - and there's Universities. MITRE does as well as other semi-public orgs. But it's the case that all of…
The work that DARPA does is incredible and we should be proud, as a country, that we pursue transformational research. One of the big weaknesses of the private sector is that there are few opportunities to pursue…
This would be for a cryptographic attack - not someone with the hardware.
No, what my post was claiming is that the presence of malware didn't hurt my system and wasn't an issue when I browsed the files (on a practical basis). I understand the potential. I think it's valuable for you to do…
Unfortunately it is more difficult than this. Even if you practice safe computing it's likely that your information will be compromised - especially in the long term and especially if you are an organization. That's not…
Oh sorry. The Stratfor leaks had a TON of shady stuff. > I missed all that–can you point me in the right direction? Sure! The CEO of SONY, high level state department officials, RAND specialist on nuclear…
I really like this solution. Critics might be able to say that Wikileaks BOTH hosts malware AND tampers with evidence - but if Wikileaks has a voice to respond it has a pretty good reply. Filters and services sometimes…
It's an interesting problem: * If Wikileaks edits the content it can be criticized for tampering. * If Wikileaks leaves malware in it can be criticized for circulating malware. It may also give an excuse to search…
So it looks like there's not much of a worry someone has from looking through those files themselves. Personally I have looked through these files and have not run into any malware issues pointed out by the article. I…
That sounds mostly right to me. Barely floating or even running in the red (making shit for money) also provides financial incentives. But beyond the monetary there are plenty of types of leverage - legal, "human", and…
Journalism: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/03/us-cuban-twitte... http://bigstory.ap.org/article/us-secretly-created-cuban-twi... http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/usaid-effort-t... There's a bunch…
This is 100% absolutely the case. But it's important to ask hard questions and get denials: even when they are blatant lies it makes the organization responsible for the lies (and any associated fallout) and it puts…