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A comment on Snowden: NSA just lost control of its Top Secret arsenal of digital weapons.

Re:Snowden: NSA just lost control of its Top Secret arsenal ... by r721 on Saturday April 08, 2017 @07:26PM (#14069630)
Nicholas Weaver‏: "Overall, though, it looks like the auction file from Shadow Brokers is mostly a bust, better stuff in the free file."

https://twitter.com/ncweaver/status/850797548717481984

the grugq: "Calling it now: the first ShadowBrokers dump was an expensive signal. This latest one was not (expensive, that is.)"

https://twitter.com/thegrugq/status/850825305845399552

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Re:Snowden: NSA just lost control of its Top Secret arsenal ... by joshschreuder on Saturday April 08, 2017 @09:05PM (#14069933)
What does "expensive signal" mean in this context?
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Re:Snowden: NSA just lost control of its Top Secret arsenal ... by chowell on Saturday April 08, 2017 @09:18PM (#14069967)
He expands in his Medium post from last year, here: https://medium.com/@thegrugq/the-great-cyber-game-commentary...
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