CIA malware and hacking tools

Re:CIA malware and hacking tools by tlow on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @06:03PM (#13816031)

"In fact, the Devil's Advocate may be the biggest innovation killer in America today. "[1]

[1] Tom Kelley, co-founder of Ideo as in '10 Faces of Innovation'

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Re:CIA malware and hacking tools by xapata on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @07:09PM (#13816560)

Perhaps I'm confused, but this seems like a non-sequitur. We're not discussing innovation.

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Re:CIA malware and hacking tools by guest on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @08:18PM (#13816955)

I think the point being made is that the devil's advocate brought out the norm to mobilise for every contingency (not that innovation won't suffer, which is obvious as misstrust rises) and that it can be used to rhetorically balance two points of view that are not equal (or two questionable actions).

In general: Ownership of information and facts are key points in the overall discussion here, if something is known it can be manipulated (just as they discuss above). Defensive patenting could be achieved, or releasing news of something to knock away at funding for its continuation...

One example how it could be relevant in particular to the general discussion is how the software and partially hardware has been kept by CIA to formally avoid reprecussions from good honest people.

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Re:CIA malware and hacking tools by tlow on Wednesday March 08, 2017 @09:25PM (#13826361)

I am not always able to fully elucidate my meaning. I never post without a point.

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