NSA 'hunted sysadmins' to find CAT PHOTOS, high-level passwords Staff at the United States' National Security Agency reportedly “hunted” system administrators because they felt doing so would yield passwords that enabled easier surveillance. So says The Intercept, which claims this document came its way thanks to one E. Snowden, late of Moscow. The document is apparently a lift from an …
... proceedings, let alone having to fight them tooth and nail.
With this knowledge in the open how can any court in good conscience find it equitable to extradite - or even accept an extradition application for - a UK citizen to the USA to face charges whilst the USA does much worse to citizens and sys-admins of other countries, and their civil corporations, with impunity?
1) They were hunting on the Intel Agencies' private reserves
2) They exposed holes that then had to be closed, holes that The Agencies may have wanted to use
3) Because what The Agencies are doing is illegal, so anyone doing the same must also be breaking the law
4) They did not have the money/political power/blackmail material/agents to "make it all go away"
All perfectly valid reasons</sarcasm>
"... proceedings, let alone having to fight them tooth and nail.
With this knowledge in the open how can any court in good conscience find it equitable to extradite - or even accept an extradition application for - a UK citizen to the USA to face charges whilst the USA does much worse to citizens and sys-admins of other countries, and their civil corporations, with impunity?"
Because he targeted the DoD and is therefor officially a "bad guy."
And basically made the DoD SysAdmins of the time look like jackasses.
Which is of course unforgivable.
1. So the NSA only goes after criminals, terrorists, enemy agents or the leadership of unfriendly nations--or sysadmins and network engineers who. probably have no knowledge that the bad guys are even on their network. Or the friends and family of the sysadmin, looking for some shared password or info to help compromise the sysadmin. And of course the NSA doesnt care if the sysadmin's career gets affected if they are viewed by their mangement as lax about security.
2. Sysadmins can get away with anything? Poetically, Edward Snowden came to the same conclusion...
NSA=f'in scumbags
Snowden has nothing new to offer. He's just coming up with things to make sure his people know he's still alive and not in some gulag. When Putin tires of his ass, we won't hear shit from him except that ambulance chasing lawyer of his will just send out press releases. Snowden isn't dropping bombshells, he's just being Captain Obvious at this point.
Snowden has repeatedly said he's not controlling the news releases, the journalists are. And they know how to play the system : if everything had been released on day 1, it would all be forgotten by now. Adding new details avery few weeks keeps the story alive and has a decent chance of getting proper attention to the abuse of law.
This! Just! In!
From of all leakers!....th' Guardian!.....what a wonderful punning op!
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....."The Guardian home
News
Yahoo, Google and Apple also claim right to read user emails
Like Microsoft, other webmail giants all reserve the right to read user emails, if 'deemed necessary'...."
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All ye wankers!...drop yer pants!.....th' World is a-waitin'!
....here's a better paste.....and a challenger of a Chicken-Egg question....which came first, the Yahoos! or th' GCHQ......Willy Wankers want to know!
"News for yahoo and google all reading emails
Yahoo, Google and Apple also claim right to read user emails
The Guardian - 2 days ago
Microsoft is not unique in claiming the right to read users' emails – Apple, Yahoo and Google all reserve that right as well, the Guardian has ..."
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