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Re:A Chapter from the FBI's History with OpenBSD and an Open... by ProCicero on Sunday July 21, 2019 @08:22AM (#20491034)
Nitpicking here, but the parent agency of the FBI is the Department of Justice. The EOUSA is the Executive Office of United States Attorneys, and is basically the back office support for the 93 US Attorney offices. It's parent organization is also the Department of Justice.

Basically, he is saying the DOJ planted a back door so that it could spy on its own internal network.

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Re:A Chapter from the FBI's History with OpenBSD and an Open... by wil421 on Sunday July 21, 2019 @02:46PM (#20492952)
I was confused by this and it’s the first time I’ve heard of EOUSA.

What’s the real story here?

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Re:A Chapter from the FBI's History with OpenBSD and an Open... by equalunique on Sunday July 21, 2019 @10:23PM (#20494967)
Factions in government are sometimes caught spying on gov organizations that have oversight/control athority over them. That was the real scandal of Edward Snowden's bombshell (that was quickly covered up).
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