Re:A document that the NSA uses for teaching Python
by scarejunba on Sunday February 16, 2020 @01:43PM
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That's apparent to the guy you're responding to. He's pointing out that the so-called "unclassified" is actually the class "non-secret". A truly "unclassified" object would not have gone through the process of classification. It would not have a class.
Of course in English this is fairly common. The object of price zero is said to have no price. Yet clearly it has a price, it is just zero.
I have to say that's an amusing observation and sort of reveals the type errors that occur when we model real world things in type systems.
Re:A document that the NSA uses for teaching Python
by compuguy on Sunday February 16, 2020 @04:05PM
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True, but there are documents that have information that is at multiple levels of sensitivity and/or classification. When you work with such information, having such granularity of classification is a good thing (no matter how awkward it looks).
Re:A document that the NSA uses for teaching Python
by Daviey on Sunday February 16, 2020 @02:19PM
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The United Kingdom's previous system for marking school exams (GCSE) had a marking scheme from "A*/A" to "F", and then "U". Where "U" was Ungraded. Clearly it was graded, but as a "U".
Re:A document that the NSA uses for teaching Python
by az656 on Sunday February 16, 2020 @04:03PM
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What are they using now? I went through the system not that long ago when it was still A* to U.
You really need to mark things as unclassified in the government because other people need to be able to answer basic questions like:
- what computer am I allowed to view/edit/save/transmit this on?
- can I talk to my coworkers about this, and if so, which ones?
- what do I do with printed copies of this document?
Answering these questions wrong can land you in serious trouble, including jail time. So even as a courtesy to your peers, you want to mark them (U).