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Re:Wikileaks reveals CIA’s ‘Brutal Kangaroo’ toolkit for hac... by dogma1138 on Saturday June 24, 2017 @09:37AM (#14625526)
No but we haven't seen mass surveillance in any of the leaks.

All we've seen is specifically targeted capabilities with expiration dates.

Penetrating air-gapped networks is exactly the capability one would expect from the CIA and its exactly the capability it should have under its mandate.

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Re:Wikileaks reveals CIA’s ‘Brutal Kangaroo’ toolkit for hac... by sametmax on Saturday June 24, 2017 @10:44AM (#14625754)
You have a short memory if you don't remember PRISM.
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Re:Wikileaks reveals CIA’s ‘Brutal Kangaroo’ toolkit for hac... by austinprete on Saturday June 24, 2017 @12:33PM (#14626164)
PRISM was an NSA operation, so it's not clear how that is evidence against his claim that the CIA is more responsible with their cyber offense/surveillance than the NSA. If anything it seems to lend even more credence to his point.
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Re:Wikileaks reveals CIA’s ‘Brutal Kangaroo’ toolkit for hac... by sametmax on Sunday June 25, 2017 @03:24AM (#14629008)
That would assume that NSA and CIA do not share informations. So that actions from the first don't benefit the other. It would be foolish. No need to create 2 mass system if your brother has one and you can use it as much as you want.
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