(I should say my views are not that of the US Federal Government, only mine and mine alone, and I did not mean to imply the NSA would kidnap anyone or do anything illegal under US Law)
USA #1, Paul On Jul 13, 2016 8:33 AM, "Paul Tagliamonte" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 12:53:28PM +0200, Michael Ole Olsen wrote: > > If you cannot stand behind your work with your real name, you should not > be in Debian IMO > > > > I'm already starting becoming paranoid with the many new uploaders, > debian has gotten large by now. > > No. No no no no no no no no no. Everything about this, no. No. > > > Trust me, nation state actors wouldn't be coming in as "Foo123", they'd > be coming in with a tight identity, with *A REAL* issued ID. > > All the big countries have had spies in other countries for years, and I > find it 100% laughable that you think a name will foil them. > > Foiled again! Can't find a passable fake passport! > > > If countries who want to get in have datacenters the size of NSA's, and > spycraft established from years of fooling border guards trained to find > fakes are your threat model, you're boned anyway. > > You think a border guard can't spot a fake, what makes you think some DD > will before signing a key? (protip: they won't). Or that the inbox is > secured from a national security letter (protip: they're not). > > I've known Unit's work from our Ubuntu years, and not only is it better > than the majority of people complaining about their uid string, but Unit > has done it under the same alias. I trust Unit's work. > > I don't know how I'd sign their key, but I'd be willing to. > > > This entire thread is a shame. > > > I strongly invite everyone to think about their attack vector and > reconsider their point of view. Because trust me, the NSA isn't coming > in as Unit, they're comming in after pwning paultag or some DD on VAC. > Or by extoring a DD who's been gone from the project for 10 years and > has their family kidnapped and the ransom is to run a 0day on a Debian > machine. > > > I'll +1 Unit's DM application. I sponsored a few packages and I trust his > work. > > Cheers, > Paul >
