Mexican Drug Gangs Kidnap Computer Hackers and Programmers

Re:Mexican Drug Gangs Kidnap Computer Hackers and Programmers by vibrunazo on Monday March 26, 2012 @11:58PM (#3759949)

> technology that rivals government spy agencies

From my personal experience, that's saying they have bored inexperienced coders, who use outdated tools and techniques that any CS sophomore would laugh at. And are much more worried about working the internal politics to get promoted. Than to get any actual work done.

I bet mexican hackers are better than that.

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Re:Mexican Drug Gangs Kidnap Computer Hackers and Programmers by jamesfrank on Tuesday March 27, 2012 @01:26AM (#3760151)

> From my personal experience...

I'm just curious - are you implying that you've personally encountered this sort of thing at government spy agencies or just that much of the government seems to have these characteristics?

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Re:Mexican Drug Gangs Kidnap Computer Hackers and Programmers by vibrunazo on Tuesday March 27, 2012 @01:43AM (#3760205)

I've worked assisting law enforcement in tech, related to cryptography. Talked to many people, seen their code, methods and training. It's sad.

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Re:Mexican Drug Gangs Kidnap Computer Hackers and Programmers by mjwalshe on Tuesday March 27, 2012 @08:09AM (#3761051)

thers a world of diference bewteen a local police force and the TLA's

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