On 12/6/15, Ryan Carboni <ryacko@gmail.com> wrote:
... Chomsky says that control is achieved through manipulating attitudes and opinions.
there is a parable, of the frog and the boiling pot... ;)
Erm... it's possible to learn by watching enough CCC videos of presentations to know all about the NSA and other five eyes intelligence.
you know this is a rough and obscured vision. remember retro reflectors?
The logistics of it is impossible to hide. They have satellites next to satellites to intercept data. The FBI has thirty thousand employees (and operates DITU). The NSA has five times the budget and same number of employees. The CIA has seven times the budget and twenty thousand employees. This is just the US, the rest of Five Eyes puts in their fair share as well.
this adds value to the leak trove; as reconstruction through evidence can be perfected based on observed and leaked details. there was a thread, last year. "datamine the snowden files" still a good idea, but not too many want to touch it? hmmm. ( see also, federal grants and publicly funded libraries and edus)
To ensure staying on the topic of cryptography, how many cryptographers do you think there are? Given the discovery of high level spies within intelligence agencies (Redl, Ames, Hanssen), how could cryptographers hope to assure security if the top spies can't? It has been alleged that activist groups had been penetrated and the course of discussion manipulated. If one million dollars per year is spent towards manipulating cryptography, how would you think it would be used?
how many cryptographers are working alone, in secret? that becomes an interesting question :)
The only secure place is your brain...
you're a lucky one, forever devoid of mental illness, then? congrats! and best regards,