He Was a Hacker for the NSA and He Was Willing to Talk. I Was Willing to Listen

Re:He Was a Hacker for the NSA and He Was Willing to Talk. I... by anf on Sunday July 03, 2016 @06:14PM (#12027878)

For the purposes of an article like this, I don't think technical prowess would be very useful. He's providing an opinion informed by speaking with a variety of people with clearance speaking freely about their work. That's pretty rare in its own right.

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Re:He Was a Hacker for the NSA and He Was Willing to Talk. I... by drawnwren on Sunday July 03, 2016 @07:35PM (#12028124)

While you are correct, my intent was to serve as a counterpoint to statements like this in the article, "He identified himself and his highly trained colleagues at the NSA as a breed apart — a superior breed, much in the way that soldiers look down on weekend paintballers. Perhaps this shouldn’t be altogether surprising, because arrogance is one of the unfortunate hallmarks of the male-dominated hacker culture."

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