Well the government already knows everything about me thanks to the federal and state tax returns I file every year. Add in my property records and drivers license and they have all they need if they really want to get in touch.
So there is a catalog containing high end network hacks that even includes pricing for the various hacks? Is the NSA actually marketing their super secret technology? That would sort of defeat the whole purpose of secret backdoors now wouldn't it. Have any of the listed hacks been proven to exist? I mean you have the exact details on the equipment so it seems it would be pretty strait forward for a knowledgeable computer or network security firm to prove the existence of these backdoors. You basically linked to an article that links to a second article which contain no details other than someone has formed the opinion that a released document is a catalog of super secret spy technology. Well if that's what they think it must be true even with out an corroborative supporting evidence? Case closed. Oh and the linked article also goes on to mention that they cannot verify the providence of the information they have based their article on. That little missive is the mechanism to protect the journalist or publisher from being accused of making shit up wholesale.
You have absolutely no proof of any NSA backdoors. The NSA doesn't really need any backdoors when they can waltz right in the front door using legal and not so legal warrants, social engineering attacks, and subtle and not so subtle coercion. Stuxnext was a specifically targeted attack that required expert knowledge of the SCADA configuration and centrifuge control systems. It required physically breaking into two companies to steal the signed certificates used in conjunction with the 0-day exploits used. And most importantly it required an inside agent in the highly secure Iranian labs to inject the attack using a thumb drive. The reports of others (non-Iranians) detecting the Stuxnext virus in their systems was most likely a test designed to map the effectiveness of the transport mechanism. A mechanism that might be used for future attacks. After all a wide spread attack needs a big test bed if you actually need to determine if your attack even has a chance of being successful.
I am not saying the NSA domestic programs were legal but I don't consider the foreign intelligence programs to be illegal. The US constitution and bill of rights does not apply to other countries in the world. .
Oh yes the dreaded Power point presentations. They look more like something you would use in a presentation to justify budget increases. They contain no details or even proof that the programs described ever made it into the real world. There has been a remarkable lack of interest in trying to determine the voracity of the information that has been released. He could be making up shit wholesale and there is really no way to verify the information came from the NSA. I am not saying all the information is false I am just pointing out nobody has even investigated the claims. He has also taken it upon himself to judge whether or not the information being released is harmful to the US. With that type of arrogance he must be one hell of international relations expert. The minute he started releasing information on foreign intelligence activities he sealed his fate. The only deal he could get would be the US dropping any charges related to information theft and fraud while prosecuting the espionage act violations to the hilt.
I don't believe the government defined what exactly constitutes a Service. Currently the law makes no distinction between providing engineering services for weapon development and web delivered educational services. If the company supplying the took measures to challenge this they could probably get exceptions added to the statute. Oh and please stop declaring Americans as a whole are idiots who can't possibly be as enlightened as yourself.
I am not pro-establishment. I am anti-anarchy. I believe when the politicians in Washington all gather into the Capitol building to hear a state of the union speech the collective IQ is about 30. I am against treating foreign policy initiatives as a team sport to be won or last at all costs. I am against the use of irresponsible hyperbole being used to promote certain viewpoints and agendas. I am against using lies of omission and faulty historic knowledge to support viewpoints and agendas. I think using the word "All" such as All Americans, All Muslims, All Republicans, and All Democrats when characterizing people only increases the animosity between competing groups which makes reaching a consensus on anything more difficult.. I think those dedicated to changing the establishment rarely offer up any realistic solutions to correct the problems they are upset about. I am against people blaming the establishment for the problems they face instead of first examining their own personal decisions and actions. I think the best way to institute changes in the establishment is to narrowly target specific issues one at a time instead of trying to initiate wholesale changes. One example would be reducing the impact of money in establishment policies. Specifically this would require a focused campaign to ban non-profit 501c corporations which are used to side step the campaign contribution limits. This one specifically targeted action would produce a cascade of changes across the entire establishment and at a bare minimum would reduce the ability of lobbyists, wealthy, and NGO's to override private citizen issues and concerns. Wholesale protesting against the establishment without targeting specifics just obscures the specifics and makes it harder to define actions that would make an impact.
Well it looks like they got the jump on you and shutdown your higher brain functions first. And by the way you do not take money away from them you just stop voluntarily giving them money in the first place.
The rule of law is applied in the US every day. Laws are being reviewed and modified as situations change in modern day society. The recent changes to the legality of marijuana is a good example of a flexible system of law. It's not a perfect system by any means but unless you can suggest an alternative to the existing framework you will just have to use what's available. And just because YOU do not agree with a particular law or ruling doesn't mean the law is flawed.
The development of the first ICBM rockets by the military were used in the first mission to the moon. In fact the space program was the perfect cover for the ICBM weapon development program. The bulk of the funding also came out of the military budget. The project was a perfect example of duel use technology development that could distribute the costs across several agencies. Today the military is funding the reusable X-37B space plan which can serve both military and NASA with the costs being absorbed by the military budget.
You can see if you are on a no flight list by contacting a TSA officer at any airport. If you are stopped and searched beyond normal procedures you can also ask if you are on any other type of list that would prevent you from normal travel between countries.
Your link goes to a article that says it is "possible" the guy was put on a watch list but there is no actual evidence of him being put on such a list. Unfounded assumptions do not translate into facts.
The judge in this case declined to issue a stay because while the 8th amendment might protect you from "cruel and unusual" punishments it doesn't say anything about you having the right to a painless execution. This whole drug controversy could be eliminated by using a simple gunshot to the head to carry out the sentence..
Price tends to come down as more people adopt the technology. Do you remember how expensive a cell phone cost when that technology first rolled out to the general population? Military or government sponsored technology projects usually end up contributing to the advancement of non-military related applications. One example would be GPS. The government spent billions on GPS development for the military and now that technology is used for non-military applications.
"Corruption" comes in many different forms. To charge someone with "Corruption" you need to specify the underlying offenses to justify saying something is corrupt. Anti-trust, bribery, SEC violations, fraud in all it's many forms, and corporate liability issues. These offenses are just a few examples of what can be included under the category of corruption. These offenses are tried in court every day. So saying you can't find any corruption findings is not correct in the least.
If you are halfway competent and you can present that competence in an interview it is really not hard to get either an IT related job or contract that pays really well based on your years of experience. If you want to be inundated with open IT positions just post your resume and skillset to one of the online recruiting sites.
Their service has not yet been deemed legal or illegal at this point. They have lost in the lower courts so now it will be decided by the highest court in the US. And the court system doesn't care who people are "rooting" for.
What percentage of computer users in the world are capable of finding security issues by looking through the code. How many semi competent application programmers are capable of the same thing? Operating System level code has very little in common with application level code and unless you have a lot of real world experience good luck on finding any undiscovered weaknesses by looking at the source code. The majority of hacks today involve social engineering targeted towards tricking the average user into doing something stupid. Add incompetent system administrators to the mix and your system becomes wide open and susceptible to all kinds of mischief.
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Well the government already knows everything about me thanks to the federal and state tax returns I file every year. Add in my property records and drivers license and they have all they need if they really want to get in touch.
Not to mention your mom will not be monitoring for break-ins on quite the same level of the NSA.
So there is a catalog containing high end network hacks that even includes pricing for the various hacks? Is the NSA actually marketing their super secret technology? That would sort of defeat the whole purpose of secret backdoors now wouldn't it. Have any of the listed hacks been proven to exist? I mean you have the exact details on the equipment so it seems it would be pretty strait forward for a knowledgeable computer or network security firm to prove the existence of these backdoors. You basically linked to an article that links to a second article which contain no details other than someone has formed the opinion that a released document is a catalog of super secret spy technology. Well if that's what they think it must be true even with out an corroborative supporting evidence? Case closed. Oh and the linked article also goes on to mention that they cannot verify the providence of the information they have based their article on. That little missive is the mechanism to protect the journalist or publisher from being accused of making shit up wholesale.
You have absolutely no proof of any NSA backdoors. The NSA doesn't really need any backdoors when they can waltz right in the front door using legal and not so legal warrants, social engineering attacks, and subtle and not so subtle coercion. Stuxnext was a specifically targeted attack that required expert knowledge of the SCADA configuration and centrifuge control systems. It required physically breaking into two companies to steal the signed certificates used in conjunction with the 0-day exploits used. And most importantly it required an inside agent in the highly secure Iranian labs to inject the attack using a thumb drive. The reports of others (non-Iranians) detecting the Stuxnext virus in their systems was most likely a test designed to map the effectiveness of the transport mechanism. A mechanism that might be used for future attacks. After all a wide spread attack needs a big test bed if you actually need to determine if your attack even has a chance of being successful.
I am not saying the NSA domestic programs were legal but I don't consider the foreign intelligence programs to be illegal. The US constitution and bill of rights does not apply to other countries in the world. .
Oh yes the dreaded Power point presentations. They look more like something you would use in a presentation to justify budget increases. They contain no details or even proof that the programs described ever made it into the real world. There has been a remarkable lack of interest in trying to determine the voracity of the information that has been released. He could be making up shit wholesale and there is really no way to verify the information came from the NSA. I am not saying all the information is false I am just pointing out nobody has even investigated the claims. He has also taken it upon himself to judge whether or not the information being released is harmful to the US. With that type of arrogance he must be one hell of international relations expert. The minute he started releasing information on foreign intelligence activities he sealed his fate. The only deal he could get would be the US dropping any charges related to information theft and fraud while prosecuting the espionage act violations to the hilt.
I don't believe the government defined what exactly constitutes a Service. Currently the law makes no distinction between providing engineering services for weapon development and web delivered educational services. If the company supplying the took measures to challenge this they could probably get exceptions added to the statute. Oh and please stop declaring Americans as a whole are idiots who can't possibly be as enlightened as yourself.
I am not pro-establishment. I am anti-anarchy. I believe when the politicians in Washington all gather into the Capitol building to hear a state of the union speech the collective IQ is about 30. I am against treating foreign policy initiatives as a team sport to be won or last at all costs. I am against the use of irresponsible hyperbole being used to promote certain viewpoints and agendas. I am against using lies of omission and faulty historic knowledge to support viewpoints and agendas. I think using the word "All" such as All Americans, All Muslims, All Republicans, and All Democrats when characterizing people only increases the animosity between competing groups which makes reaching a consensus on anything more difficult.. I think those dedicated to changing the establishment rarely offer up any realistic solutions to correct the problems they are upset about. I am against people blaming the establishment for the problems they face instead of first examining their own personal decisions and actions. I think the best way to institute changes in the establishment is to narrowly target specific issues one at a time instead of trying to initiate wholesale changes. One example would be reducing the impact of money in establishment policies. Specifically this would require a focused campaign to ban non-profit 501c corporations which are used to side step the campaign contribution limits. This one specifically targeted action would produce a cascade of changes across the entire establishment and at a bare minimum would reduce the ability of lobbyists, wealthy, and NGO's to override private citizen issues and concerns. Wholesale protesting against the establishment without targeting specifics just obscures the specifics and makes it harder to define actions that would make an impact.
Well it looks like they got the jump on you and shutdown your higher brain functions first. And by the way you do not take money away from them you just stop voluntarily giving them money in the first place.
The rule of law is applied in the US every day. Laws are being reviewed and modified as situations change in modern day society. The recent changes to the legality of marijuana is a good example of a flexible system of law. It's not a perfect system by any means but unless you can suggest an alternative to the existing framework you will just have to use what's available. And just because YOU do not agree with a particular law or ruling doesn't mean the law is flawed.
"So what if every spy agency does it? That does not make it right."
It doesn't make it right but your opinion is meaningless unless you are willing to put all these issues into it's proper context.
The development of the first ICBM rockets by the military were used in the first mission to the moon. In fact the space program was the perfect cover for the ICBM weapon development program. The bulk of the funding also came out of the military budget. The project was a perfect example of duel use technology development that could distribute the costs across several agencies. Today the military is funding the reusable X-37B space plan which can serve both military and NASA with the costs being absorbed by the military budget.
They can and do communicate using human couriers.
You can see if you are on a no flight list by contacting a TSA officer at any airport. If you are stopped and searched beyond normal procedures you can also ask if you are on any other type of list that would prevent you from normal travel between countries.
This EU directive is not about taxes it's out right extortion prettied up for the clueless masses.
Your link goes to a article that says it is "possible" the guy was put on a watch list but there is no actual evidence of him being put on such a list. Unfounded assumptions do not translate into facts.
You do know that the US uses nuclear reactors to power it's aircraft carriers and nuclear submarines?
The judge in this case declined to issue a stay because while the 8th amendment might protect you from "cruel and unusual" punishments it doesn't say anything about you having the right to a painless execution. This whole drug controversy could be eliminated by using a simple gunshot to the head to carry out the sentence..
These 500 pigs must be the second batch to replace the one's they found dead and floating down a river in China a few months ago.
Price tends to come down as more people adopt the technology. Do you remember how expensive a cell phone cost when that technology first rolled out to the general population? Military or government sponsored technology projects usually end up contributing to the advancement of non-military related applications. One example would be GPS. The government spent billions on GPS development for the military and now that technology is used for non-military applications.
"Corruption" comes in many different forms. To charge someone with "Corruption" you need to specify the underlying offenses to justify saying something is corrupt. Anti-trust, bribery, SEC violations, fraud in all it's many forms, and corporate liability issues. These offenses are just a few examples of what can be included under the category of corruption. These offenses are tried in court every day. So saying you can't find any corruption findings is not correct in the least.
If you are halfway competent and you can present that competence in an interview it is really not hard to get either an IT related job or contract that pays really well based on your years of experience. If you want to be inundated with open IT positions just post your resume and skillset to one of the online recruiting sites.
I am just happy that there are people capable of working on this type of research.
Their service has not yet been deemed legal or illegal at this point. They have lost in the lower courts so now it will be decided by the highest court in the US. And the court system doesn't care who people are "rooting" for.
What percentage of computer users in the world are capable of finding security issues by looking through the code. How many semi competent application programmers are capable of the same thing? Operating System level code has very little in common with application level code and unless you have a lot of real world experience good luck on finding any undiscovered weaknesses by looking at the source code. The majority of hacks today involve social engineering targeted towards tricking the average user into doing something stupid. Add incompetent system administrators to the mix and your system becomes wide open and susceptible to all kinds of mischief.