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Got Malware? The FBI Wants It
wiredmikey writes "The FBI has placed malware on its shopping list, and is turning to third parties to help the agency build a massive library of malicious software. According to a 'Request for a Quote' posted on the Federal Business Opportunities website, the FBI is looking for price quotes for malware for the Investigative Analysis Unit of the agency's Operational Technology Division (OTD). The unit's mission is to 'Provide technical analysis of digital methods, software and data, and provide technical support to FBI investigations and intelligence operations that involve computers, networks and malicious software,' according to the document. The FBI did not say precisely how the malware will be used, but the document calls the collection of malware from law enforcement and research sources "critical to the success of the IAU's mission to obtain global awareness of malware threat.""
Twice. Will not come back with beta.
I mean - maybe the PHBs with access to the stats might know better, but this always struck me as a fairly stable site. Internet newcomers tend to gravitate towards Reddit, and the old folks who hate change have remained with /.
Who is Beta for? The old folks don't want it, and you can't seriously expect to draw new users with a site that looks like every other Web2.0 site out there. Is it just a transparent ploy to increase advertising space?
Seriously - WHY?!
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So far, I'm thinking kuro5hin.org is the best hope out there. Most of the other tech news sites just don't have a clue about how to manage comments, a bit like the Slashdot Beta.
I've been reading slashdot since the 90s, but this really is the end. Apart from the godawful beta, we've also had the attempt to convert the stories into slashvertisements en masse, and the Slashdot Polls are really starting to look like Facebook covert demographics research for the Dice marketing dept.
Taco and Hemos were really cool guys, I'm glad they were able to cash in.
I fully agree with you. I have been a member of /. since at least 1998. Hard to believe I was here for almost the entire life cycle of Slashdot. If they push through Beta like they seem intent on doing then all I have to say is, "Slashdot is dead. Long live Slashdot!"
I don't know who this new site is for but it was not designed for the community that made /. successful in the first place. It is too bad because it was always interesting to read the musings of influential people in the tech community who posted here. It looks like I will likely have to find a new place to lurk... tech news aggregation sites are a dime a dozen but none were quite like Slashdot. Oh well all good things must come to an end.
#fuckbeta
Everyone hates the new site. Figure it out or you will die.
Slashdot Beta actually is malware from the GCHQ.
I have discovered a truly marvelous proof of killer sig, which this margin is too narrow to contain.
If they push through Beta like they seem intent on doing then all I have to say is, "Slashdot is dead. Long live Slashdot!"
That phrase - I do not think it means what you think it means - and what is Slashdot if not a home for mindless pedantry?
I think the phrase you were looking for is Slashdot is dead. Fuck Slashdot!
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On a serious note: Isn't this supposed to be a part of the NSA's charter? Encryption, information security, etc. What did they do with the last fuckton of money we gave them?
Have gnu, will travel.