On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 8:43 PM, Joseph Holsten <joseph@josephholsten.com> wrote:
... Is there anything in particular you think they should have done differently to accomplish their goals? ... there will be more leaks, and more folks who are in a position to distribute them. What should they do?
you can't win opinion any further than Snowden/Manning - so why try? give up the pretense, restraint, and go for the jugular: - co-opt privileged access to further infiltrate and infect. apply 0days from the 0day factory to further pwn the factory itself. training, tactics, procedures leveraged for strategic advantage from within. - dial full-disclosure to 11: torrents, darknets, onions, all forms burst forth with terabytes in an instant. (intelligence census 20XX to complement the internet census 2012 approach to DIY discovery) - bootstrap a workflow of analysis and attack; the information pilfered as input to a second stage of retribution - consequence the only language of deterrence understood. - inflict maximum damage to all targets, all comers. exhaust every what if to demonstrate worst case in action. - seppuku/jigai; your role as übervillain complete. --- On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 11:00 PM, James A. Donald <jamesd@echeque.com> wrote: "optimal behavior is selective release of incriminating documents to specifically chosen and favored individuals, followed by gradually broader release of more and more incriminating documents to more and more people." consider an alternative: optimal behavior modification via the execution of worst case failure. make the fallout so significant, so terrible, so all encompassing that the thought of ever again building these massive systems of surveillance conjures nightmares of horrible potential. when the world believes Total Information Awareness == Thermonuclear Winter, you've won! alas, you won't be around to enjoy the victory. --- the pessimists say: such an outcome is inevitable. no technology, no debate, no democracy able nor willing to restrain what has been wrought. now just a matter of time until opportunity and malice applies global information dominance to global domination. dystopia inevitable; the worst case worse than you imagine...