The CIA did practically never have any one inside the USSR at all during the cold war. The first real insight into KGB was given to them by the French when they got hold of "Farewell" due to him needing western cash since he had spent his KGB money.
I'm actually surprised that the CIA didn't have agents inside the transit hall where Snowden is currently living, but then of course there is nothing that sais that the CIA would ever inform any of the EU countries that bailed that he really wasn't on the plane.
I think that there's quite a bit difference between what the Secret Service was doing at that time and what the CIA, NSA and DHS is doing today. They don't even come close.
According to "The Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA", all that Truman really wanted was a news agency that could give him summaries of political trends in foreign countries so he could make informed decisions in foreign policy.
That they have done it for a long time doesn't make it right! And even if they have been doing it for a long time, there was an even longer time when they didn't do it. For example the US didn't even have an intelligence agency until after WWII, and in no way was the FBI of 193x and 194x involved in mass surveillance of the public.
Yeah that have worked wonders for the KGB, don't think it would work that good for the CIA et al in order coerce a KGB agent inside the USSR since getting into the USSR undetected would be quite a hassle and the KGB agents that operated inside the USSR seldom if ever left the country.
Yeah it's not ideal but for me since I already have all the functionality in the TV it feels stupid to get an extra gadget that does the same and so on, so for me it works quite nicely. Interesing enough they (Samsung) implemented a "Screen Off" function that works for everything _except_ for the Smart apps where it's greyed out, nice work Samsung...
Alot has changed since your 2011 model. I used to have a D model Smart TV and just replaced it with this years F model and for example the DLNA now supports everything that I throw at it (even flac and ogg) without the need for transcoding.
So I'm make this up as I go and still you find it likely that they do exactly what I wrote... Interesting position indeed. There is no need for a tin foil hat here, and why should we trust Microsoft when it tells that it's just part of MAPP when it's highly likely that NSA would prohibit Microsoft from disclosing the truth? It's almost like you cannot fathom how the clandestine services work, having access to a not known vulnerability would be worth much to agencies like the NSA if they for whatever reason wanted to get into some ones computer, like say Stuxnet. For that to fully work they would have to have the patch held for a few days.
Of course there was a use for cash, otherwise they would never have had a currency to begin with. But imagine yourselv beeing a KGB agent in the former USSR with 1000000$, how would you spend those without raising the suspicion of the KGB?
Considering that many of the spies in the west was caught because of their spending habits, finding the same in a tightly controlled society like the USSR would be a walk in the park.
Further more, according to the official CIA history they tried for years to bribe their way into KGB without success, that should tell you something, or do you simply believe that there where no greedy people in the KGB:)
Why do you assume that this is MAPP? It's highly likely that NSA gets this information way before any one from the MAPP program does, it's also feasible to speculate that NSA could tell Microsoft to hold certain patches for a specific time period.
Money has always worked best, but of course ideology is another drive which is evident from the one of the few KGB agents that the west managed to turn (Farewell). Ideology would however be quite difficult in the USSR since they like North Korea today was subjects to massive propaganda about the "Evil and corrupt West".
And exactly how would you spend your illegal money in a country like USSR where you cannot buy stuff in stores and the KGB is closely monitoring assets? if you all of a sudden would drive a new car (and where would you even buy one since there was only one allowed manufacturer in USSR) what do you think would happen to you?
Have you tried the Radeon (open source) drivers? The R400 (which is the "engineering" name for the R690M) is listed as supported on http://www.x.org/wiki/RadeonFeature/
It's not like the US have DNA searching terminators. Living in the US under false name he should be more safe than on Cuba where the US simply will kill him in a drone attack. Also if he had let decoys travel with his passport they would never look inside the US at all. Hiding in plain sight is sometimes the best hiding technique.
There is a revocation database stored in UEFI that apparantly Microsoft can update, or perhaps the HW manufacturer has to push out an update to UEFI, I don't know but the UEFI specs contains details that there must be such a database and that it can be updated.
Also I think that Americans with their "one party has all the power in the government" has troubles understanding that the European countries where the governmental powers often are distributed on several political parties, in some countries even 10-20 different parties. With such a wide political diversity and also with parties that might be loyal to even other countries (communists etc) it's not so easy for "the power" to spy on other countries willy-nilly.
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The CIA did practically never have any one inside the USSR at all during the cold war. The first real insight into KGB was given to them by the French when they got hold of "Farewell" due to him needing western cash since he had spent his KGB money.
In the War on Drugs in the US, the Police can and will confiscate all your property if you are convicted of a drug felony.
I'm actually surprised that the CIA didn't have agents inside the transit hall where Snowden is currently living, but then of course there is nothing that sais that the CIA would ever inform any of the EU countries that bailed that he really wasn't on the plane.
They would probably deploy the USS George W. Bush
Well I had no choice, the kids threw a Wiimote right into my 64" plasma so it was either no TV or ordering the 2013 F-model...
I think that there's quite a bit difference between what the Secret Service was doing at that time and what the CIA, NSA and DHS is doing today. They don't even come close.
According to "The Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA", all that Truman really wanted was a news agency that could give him summaries of political trends in foreign countries so he could make informed decisions in foreign policy.
That they have done it for a long time doesn't make it right! And even if they have been doing it for a long time, there was an even longer time when they didn't do it. For example the US didn't even have an intelligence agency until after WWII, and in no way was the FBI of 193x and 194x involved in mass surveillance of the public.
Yeah that have worked wonders for the KGB, don't think it would work that good for the CIA et al in order coerce a KGB agent inside the USSR since getting into the USSR undetected would be quite a hassle and the KGB agents that operated inside the USSR seldom if ever left the country.
Yeah it's not ideal but for me since I already have all the functionality in the TV it feels stupid to get an extra gadget that does the same and so on, so for me it works quite nicely. Interesing enough they (Samsung) implemented a "Screen Off" function that works for everything _except_ for the Smart apps where it's greyed out, nice work Samsung...
Alot has changed since your 2011 model. I used to have a D model Smart TV and just replaced it with this years F model and for example the DLNA now supports everything that I throw at it (even flac and ogg) without the need for transcoding.
So I'm make this up as I go and still you find it likely that they do exactly what I wrote... Interesting position indeed. There is no need for a tin foil hat here, and why should we trust Microsoft when it tells that it's just part of MAPP when it's highly likely that NSA would prohibit Microsoft from disclosing the truth? It's almost like you cannot fathom how the clandestine services work, having access to a not known vulnerability would be worth much to agencies like the NSA if they for whatever reason wanted to get into some ones computer, like say Stuxnet. For that to fully work they would have to have the patch held for a few days.
Of course there was a use for cash, otherwise they would never have had a currency to begin with. But imagine yourselv beeing a KGB agent in the former USSR with 1000000$, how would you spend those without raising the suspicion of the KGB?
Considering that many of the spies in the west was caught because of their spending habits, finding the same in a tightly controlled society like the USSR would be a walk in the park.
Further more, according to the official CIA history they tried for years to bribe their way into KGB without success, that should tell you something, or do you simply believe that there where no greedy people in the KGB :)
Why do you assume that this is MAPP? It's highly likely that NSA gets this information way before any one from the MAPP program does, it's also feasible to speculate that NSA could tell Microsoft to hold certain patches for a specific time period.
So with your advanced logic you prefer Gitmo over Russia. Interesting.
if Microsoft giving NSA info on undisclosed vulnerabilities, they have in effect a magic backdoor in Windows.
Not to mention that what became AES was a Dutch(?) algorithm to begin with (Rijndael).
Money has always worked best, but of course ideology is another drive which is evident from the one of the few KGB agents that the west managed to turn (Farewell). Ideology would however be quite difficult in the USSR since they like North Korea today was subjects to massive propaganda about the "Evil and corrupt West".
And exactly how would you spend your illegal money in a country like USSR where you cannot buy stuff in stores and the KGB is closely monitoring assets? if you all of a sudden would drive a new car (and where would you even buy one since there was only one allowed manufacturer in USSR) what do you think would happen to you?
Have you tried the Radeon (open source) drivers? The R400 (which is the "engineering" name for the R690M) is listed as supported on http://www.x.org/wiki/RadeonFeature/
It's not like the US have DNA searching terminators. Living in the US under false name he should be more safe than on Cuba where the US simply will kill him in a drone attack. Also if he had let decoys travel with his passport they would never look inside the US at all. Hiding in plain sight is sometimes the best hiding technique.
There is a revocation database stored in UEFI that apparantly Microsoft can update, or perhaps the HW manufacturer has to push out an update to UEFI, I don't know but the UEFI specs contains details that there must be such a database and that it can be updated.
Of course that Microsoft was behind Secure Boot in the first place had nothing to do with it either :)
So you mean that JoePublic knows that the machines run Windows now?
Also I think that Americans with their "one party has all the power in the government" has troubles understanding that the European countries where the governmental powers often are distributed on several political parties, in some countries even 10-20 different parties. With such a wide political diversity and also with parties that might be loyal to even other countries (communists etc) it's not so easy for "the power" to spy on other countries willy-nilly.