PRISM Update: NYT says WaPo a bit credulous
Well, ok, they don't actually *say* that, but it's the underlying idea behind their own piece, which says that the listed companies didn't really give NSA quite such unfettered access: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/08/technology/tech-companies-bristling-concede-to-government-surveillance-efforts.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink jra@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA #natog +1 727 647 1274
On Jun 8, 2013, at 10:11 AM, Jay Ashworth wrote:
Well, ok, they don't actually *say* that, but it's the underlying idea behind their own piece, which says that the listed companies didn't really give NSA quite such unfettered access
There's another potential explanation: from <http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/08/technology/tech-companies-bristling-concede-to-government-surveillance-efforts.html?pagewanted=all> ----- 'Tech companies might have also denied knowledge of the full scope of cooperation with national security officials because employees whose job it is to comply with FISA requests are not allowed to discuss the details even with others at the company, and in some cases have national security clearance, according to both a former senior government official and a lawyer representing a technology company.' ----- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Roland Dobbins <rdobbins@arbor.net> // <http://www.arbornetworks.com> Luck is the residue of opportunity and design. -- John Milton
On Sat, Jun 08, 2013 at 06:23:19AM +0000, Dobbins, Roland wrote:
There's another potential explanation: [snip]
*puts on evil hat, adjusts for snug fit* Targeting the technical people who actually have their hands on the gear might be the best choice. They don't have the power, wealth and soapbox of the Cxx-level people. They are thus far more easily intimidated into silence. Unlike the Cxx people, they actually spend time in data centers. And by keeping the Cxx people in the dark, their public denials will carry more credibility because they will actually believe they're telling the truth. (When's the last time any of them got their hands dirty crawling pulling out raised floor tiles and running cable?) ---rsk
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