Dnia niedziela, 13 kwietnia 2014 20:32:18 Linux User pisze: > On Sun, 13 Apr 2014 01:28:14 +0200 > > Lodewijk andré de la porte <[email protected]> wrote: > > So. Are the NSA guys good guys? Well. They're the enemy of the > > people, as they invade their privacy and therewith their safety. If > > you can be blackmailed, studied, influenced, etc. you are weak and > > vulnerable. Preaching to the choir, I guess. > > Well, I get the impression that some of the voices of this > choir still need some preaching directed at them =P > > > I noticed something interesting in digital 'security' > circles. People who deal with 'security' are, at first sight, > technical people and are concerned with issues such as > factoring integers, permutations, routing protocols, etc. > etc. etc. > > However, all their technical expertise exists to > achieve some political goals. And when you look at the > political beliefs of these people, you see that they suck big > time. As engineers they may be competent, but there's a step > above engineering, and there, they fail.
This is so true. The "I'm not into politics, I just write code" stance needs to change. It *does* matter for whom you write your code and how you future-proof it from being use to abuse people. Simple example: dear sysadmins (of whom I am one), do you *really* need all those logs? They are a treasure-trove for LEAs. Unless you are required by law, just keep the last week or so, that's usually enough to debug problems as they arise. -- Pozdr rysiek
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