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NSA good guys
Dnia niedziela, 13 kwietnia 2014 20:32:18 Linux User pisze:
> On Sun, 13 Apr 2014 01:28:14 +0200
>
> Lodewijk andré de la porte <[email protected]> wrote:
> > So. Are the NSA guys good guys? Well. They're the enemy of the
> > people, as they invade their privacy and therewith their safety. If
> > you can be blackmailed, studied, influenced, etc. you are weak and
> > vulnerable. Preaching to the choir, I guess.
>
> Well, I get the impression that some of the voices of this
> choir still need some preaching directed at them =P
>
>
> I noticed something interesting in digital 'security'
> circles. People who deal with 'security' are, at first sight,
> technical people and are concerned with issues such as
> factoring integers, permutations, routing protocols, etc.
> etc. etc.
>
> However, all their technical expertise exists to
> achieve some political goals. And when you look at the
> political beliefs of these people, you see that they suck big
> time. As engineers they may be competent, but there's a step
> above engineering, and there, they fail.
This is so true. The "I'm not into politics, I just write code" stance needs
to change.
It *does* matter for whom you write your code and how you future-proof it from
being use to abuse people.
Simple example: dear sysadmins (of whom I am one), do you *really* need all
those logs? They are a treasure-trove for LEAs. Unless you are required by
law, just keep the last week or so, that's usually enough to debug problems as
they arise.
--
Pozdr
rysiek
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