Re:Spy Files 3
by alan_cx on Sunday September 22, 2013 @08:00AM
(#6426491)
I agree. And to be fair to governments and spies, we don't know if any of this info is really dangerous to national security. Well, I certainly dont.
Yes, I am a very heavy critic of US spying and so on, over reaching, but equally, the info released must have some filtering so that stuff that is relevant to the general public is released and stuff that is really, genuinely, dangerous is held back. If an independent journalist/lawyer team say something should be held back, I think we have to, even if reluctantly, accept that. So, exactly like the Guardian people are behaving.
I want intelligent considered leaks, not dumps like this. And in some ways, this is not too dissimilar to the NSA slurping data. Mass dump, mass slurp. Neither are good.
Re:Spy Files 3
by toyg on Sunday September 22, 2013 @08:31AM
(#6426542)
Well, at least now we know that, if you visit Oman, you should harden your IT security stance. This type of knowledge is in the public interest, no matter how it's delivered.
Yes, I am a very heavy critic of US spying and so on, over reaching, but equally, the info released must have some filtering so that stuff that is relevant to the general public is released and stuff that is really, genuinely, dangerous is held back. If an independent journalist/lawyer team say something should be held back, I think we have to, even if reluctantly, accept that. So, exactly like the Guardian people are behaving.
I want intelligent considered leaks, not dumps like this. And in some ways, this is not too dissimilar to the NSA slurping data. Mass dump, mass slurp. Neither are good.