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Re:Senator asks FBI director to name the cryptographers who ... by JumpCrisscross on Thursday January 25, 2018 @02:14PM (#16233625)
Pretty much every electronic secret the American government tried to keep gets stolen. F-35 plans, diplomatic cables, TSA’s special key, Forms SF-86 for clandestine employees...everything. It is unreasonable to expect the magic phone unlocker to not suffer a similar fate.
Re:Senator asks FBI director to name the cryptographers who ... by jessaustin on Thursday January 25, 2018 @03:10PM (#16234138)
When one has read WaPo and watched the "Sunday conventional wisdom shows" for enough years, one gains amazing powers of self-delusion. For instance, one might be convinced that the litany of leaks you mention, and the thousands of leaks you didn't mention, were all intentional at some level. Maybe it was counterintelligence? Since you mention F-35, you might consider the fact that Lockheed made hundreds of millions of dollars "redesigning" the plane after the Chinese got all the original designs. If you wait to ask until late enough at night, some of these mooks will tell you that Snowden was some sort of 5-D chess maneuver! After one's brain has deteriorated to such an extent, why wouldn't one believe in FBI crypto magic?
Re:Senator asks FBI director to name the cryptographers who ... by heavenlyblue on Thursday January 25, 2018 @03:35PM (#16234401)
He's not blaming anyone; he's saying it was stolen.
Re:Senator asks FBI director to name the cryptographers who ... by jessaustin on Thursday January 25, 2018 @03:40PM (#16234439)
Yes 'JumpCrisscross and I are in fairly complete agreement on this issue. The counter-argument I offered has always amused me when I've seen it. I reproduced it in the hope that it would amuse you as well; sorry humor is difficult.