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Hello, I'm Dag. I started VideoSift back in February of 2006. Since then it's grown into a wonderful place, built together, by many talented people. Follow @dag1
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Hello, I'm Dag. I started VideoSift back in February of 2006. Since then it's grown into a wonderful place, built together, by many talented people. Follow @dag1
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bmacs27 says...I don't think many of these companies (Google, Apple, etc) were in cahoots with the NSA. My suspicion is directed towards the conspicuous absence of Cisco's name from the conversation. Almost like - redacted - conspicuous. How else could something like this be implemented?
I found this article interesting: http://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2012/10/30/china-removes-us-routers-over-security-concerns/
Softbank can't buy sprint unless they promise not to use Huawei (Chinese) routers? It's all about the core node. If you own the core node, you own everybody on it. They don't need anyone else to play along.
I also considered this one: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2008/05/leaked-cisco-do/
What better way to get all their traffic on your switch than by offering to censor the internet for them?
I think it's a mistake to think of "the government" as a single entity and capable of doing good or bad - it leads to all kinds of problems.
There are bad policies, bad laws, misguided individuals within government, people driven by self-interest, fear and prejudice, internal cultures that lead to incompetence and bad actions - all of those things - but no Emperor Palaptine in the woodworks - covertly angling for more power for its own sake.
Sunlight is the best disinfectant and that's what's needed in the US government. I like the French idea that a government should fear its people (as it does in France) and not the other way around.
Just the fact that Obama and his intelligence chief try to justify the program by saying that it only targets foreign individuals blows my mind - I mean WTF?? Don't we deserve privacy here in Australia? It's like a giant fuck you to the near 7 billion people who don't happen to live within the US borders.
It makes me so angry - especially that all of these American tech companies were in cahoots with the NSA - yes even Apple.
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oritteropoThanks
I'll check out your posts when I get back to Melbourne (am stuck in Sydney for another few hours).
This is a great cover. *promote. Here are a couple from that list that I like
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Showboaty awesomness. *promote
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Congrats on your Sift of the week http://videosift.com/video/drunk-guy-surprise
And um... nice abs.
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