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Re:NSA’s top policy advisor: It’s time to start putting teet... by Valmar on Wednesday March 06, 2019 @02:47PM (#19322062)
> Cyber-espionage is a valid role

Agreed, but the NSA doesn't seem to act like they care about defense, but wielding it only as a weapon.

If they care about defense, I'd be interested to see any meaningful examples.

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Re:NSA’s top policy advisor: It’s time to start putting teet... by lern_too_spel on Wednesday March 06, 2019 @03:16PM (#19322329)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security-Enhanced_Linux

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSA_Suite_B_Cryptography

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Re:NSA’s top policy advisor: It’s time to start putting teet... by scarmig on Wednesday March 06, 2019 @02:50PM (#19322099)
> If they care about defense, I'd be interested to see any meaningful examples.

https://www.nsa.gov/News-Features/News-Stories/Article-View/...

They do do things that meaningfully improve defense. It's just not emphasized or funded nearly enough.

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