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Re:NSA targets the privacy-conscious by Zelphyr on Thursday July 03, 2014 @02:27PM (#7984781)
I wonder if the sentiment here is that the NSA used to be known for being a highly intelligent group of people trying to solve hard problems but now they seem like a bunch of D-level bureaucrats snooping through everything hoping they'll get lucky.
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Re:NSA targets the privacy-conscious by jobu on Thursday July 03, 2014 @02:42PM (#7984866)
That's it exactly. There are some brilliant people working at the NSA and our country would be better off if they were working improve the security of utilities, local governments, and critical businesses.
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Re:NSA targets the privacy-conscious by watwut on Friday July 04, 2014 @07:27AM (#7988284)
And maybe they are a highly intelligent group of bureaucrats trying to solve hard problems so they can snoop through everything and get lucky. Highly intelligent person solving hard problems is not necessary "good guy" nor "ethical guy" nor "law abiding guy".
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Re:NSA targets the privacy-conscious by sliverstorm on Thursday July 03, 2014 @03:45PM (#7985258)
Maybe there's just both kinds of people working at the NSA...
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