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Re:Why the FTC is showing up at hackers’ biggest conferences by smoyer on Friday August 07, 2015 @09:17PM (#10025946)
I wonder how much extra money is spent by the U.S. tax-payers funding two agencies that have diametrically opposed missions (the FTC and the NSA)?
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Re:Why the FTC is showing up at hackers’ biggest conferences by white-flame on Friday August 07, 2015 @11:15PM (#10026189)
Granted, the notion of checks & balances is an inherent part of our founding structure. If one unit of government might overstep their bounds, having another unit incentivized in opposite direction (but both having reasonably defensible mandates) is fine.

Government moving slowly through bureaucracy is one level of protection against individuals usurping the system and establishing their own agenda. (though there are many ways they still do this)

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Re:Why the FTC is showing up at hackers’ biggest conferences by extra88 on Saturday August 08, 2015 @01:37PM (#10028012)
The NSA itself contains diametrically opposed missions. It was easier when the signals and infrastructure of "us" and "them" were mostly physically separated. Bruce Schneier has suggested breaking it up [1].

[1] https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2014/02/breaking_up_t...

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Re:Why the FTC is showing up at hackers’ biggest conferences by Apocryphon on Friday August 07, 2015 @07:03PM (#10025509)
Wasn't one of the Lone Gunmen from The X-Files an FTC agent?
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Re:Why the FTC is showing up at hackers’ biggest conferences by tanderson92 on Friday August 07, 2015 @08:02PM (#10025742)
As I recall, it was the FCC; this is from the episode where they are at a trade fair and one of them is manning the FCC booth.
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