Appelbaum, CDC, CCC

Razer rayzer at riseup.net
Tue Aug 23 20:12:24 PDT 2016



On 08/23/2016 04:22 PM, Steve Kinney wrote:

> just a few individuals with CVs more relevant to a specific form of political warfare than software development

Corporate hacks suffice. After all, that IS what corporate hackdom
requires.. Political warfare.

Rr

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> On 08/23/2016 06:05 PM, Sean Lynch wrote:
>> On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 2:59 PM Steve Kinney <admin at pilobilus.net
>> <mailto:admin at pilobilus.net>> wrote:
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>> I certainly wouldn't mind seeing experimentation with padding &
>> mixing, but between more innovative features and a more
>> conservative codebase, I'm not sure which one I'd trust, especially
>> when the former are written by people so dumb as to think that
>> there's some vast conspiracy against Appelbaum.
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> Not "some vast conspiracy," just a few individuals with CVs more
> relevant to a specific form of political warfare than software
> development, behaving exactly as if they had been hand picked by a
> hostile actor and given a line of attack to pursue.  The beauty part:
>  "Prove it."  ;)
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> As universal surveillance and profiling technologies mature, so will
> tools for analyzing organizations to identify exploitable weaknesses
> of key figures, and identifying candidates to recruit or influence to
> do that exploitation.  The phrase "CIA Computer Dating & Job Placement
> Service" sums up a toolkit that makes formerly difficult, expensive
> categories of clandestine operations both more affordable and
> reliable, which makes smaller, less important targets accessible.
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> The technology exists, an eager market wants it, blank checks are
> available to make it happen.  Individuals and organizations working
> against State and Corporate agendas should adjust their behavior
> accordingly.
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> :o/
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