I skimmed this earlier today and plan to read it in depth later: it looks like superb work.
The most disturbing thing about it is the realization that this can't possibly be the only such project. Surely there are others. Many others. And since there are others, it's necessary to ask: are any of them "better" than this one, i.e., more capable, more stealthy, etc.? After all, it would be rather extraordinary if these researchers just happened to come across the best one. (Sort of like walking into the jungle and presuming that the first lion you meet happens to be the fiercest. Possible, yes...but unlikely.) Therefore we must entertain the hypothesis that these capabilities may represent a floor rather than a ceiling. And that, as I said above, is disturbing. ---rsk -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at [email protected].
