How I got an FBI record at age 11 from dabbling in cryptography (2015)

Re:How I got an FBI record at age 11 from dabbling in crypto... by saghm on Sunday April 30, 2017 @02:54PM (#14233200)

> There are natural reasons why getting clearance should be harder for those who aren't 3rd/4th generation native though, right.

Why do you assume that non-white people are not "3rd/4th generation natives"? Black people have been in America since before the country even existed, whereas my own (white Italian) lineage has been here less than a hundred years.

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Re:How I got an FBI record at age 11 from dabbling in crypto... by pbhjpbhj on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @08:35AM (#14255107)

I don't understand, where do you think I made that assumption?

The GP stated they were Asian, so presumably they at least have less establishment in USA than a person from USA.

Perhaps they meant their family at some point in the past came from Asia, but if they couldn't describe their heritage clearly that wouldn't really be my fault.

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Re:How I got an FBI record at age 11 from dabbling in crypto... by foldr on Monday May 15, 2017 @08:22AM (#14340980)

>The GP stated they were Asian, so presumably they at least have less establishment in USA than a person from USA.

Asian is just used as a description of someone's race in the US. It doesn't imply that a person was not born there. The OP also mentioned black coworkers without saying anything to indicate that they were not from the US.

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