Bravo, yes the NSA actually improves products they use, and Linux is one. SE Linux is a postorial pain, the policy has to be revisited from time to time, but much of the onus of operating a secure system is on the Linux user anyway, so why not suffer a bit more? Did they build a back door into Fedora? Why would they want to do this, when they have so many other fish in the barrel to shoot?
p.s.: Don't believe for a second that NSA, a civilian goverment agency, actually desired looking into Tom and Sally's email. Believe they were instructed to do so by another branch of government, perhaps the executive branch at the time, and they did what the did. It's a good thing for all of us that this particular executive branch wasn't all that efficient, despite their claims of knowing what's best for 'national security.'
Had the pleasure of sharing my apartment with a Geek Squad member. I fear this will come off sounding rather trollish, but in general Geek Squad are chartered thus: 1) secure high-quality boutique reefer for their managers; 2) watch hour after hour of trash television; and 3) steal things.
BestBuy's HR doesn't seem to vet them completely. Then again neither did I.
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Bravo, yes the NSA actually improves products they use, and Linux is one. SE Linux is a postorial pain, the policy has to be revisited from time to time, but much of the onus of operating a secure system is on the Linux user anyway, so why not suffer a bit more? Did they build a back door into Fedora? Why would they want to do this, when they have so many other fish in the barrel to shoot? p.s.: Don't believe for a second that NSA, a civilian goverment agency, actually desired looking into Tom and Sally's email. Believe they were instructed to do so by another branch of government, perhaps the executive branch at the time, and they did what the did. It's a good thing for all of us that this particular executive branch wasn't all that efficient, despite their claims of knowing what's best for 'national security.'
Had the pleasure of sharing my apartment with a Geek Squad member. I fear this will come off sounding rather trollish, but in general Geek Squad are chartered thus: 1) secure high-quality boutique reefer for their managers; 2) watch hour after hour of trash television; and 3) steal things. BestBuy's HR doesn't seem to vet them completely. Then again neither did I.
are most likely the decerebrials.