Re: [liberationtech] U.S. Department of State Technical Security Specialist

2019-02-28 Thread Stephen Michael Kellat
In the end, it remains amusing that people are worried about the impact caused by the possibilities of potential spying by diplomatic and security agencies. If you really want to be on the cutting edge relative to the US Government, you need to instead start thinking about how its taxation

Re: [liberationtech] U.S. Department of State Technical Security Specialist

2019-02-28 Thread Yosem Companys
Of course, I totally agree with you on the importance of transparency. On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 3:27 AM Nathan Andrew Fain wrote: > Clarifications beyond cyber-defense would be necessary. Job posts for > government agencies require at least as much transparency as we would be > provided in a job

Re: [liberationtech] U.S. Department of State Technical Security Specialist

2019-02-28 Thread Nathan Andrew Fain
Clarifications beyond cyber-defense would be necessary. Job posts for government agencies require at least as much transparency as we would be provided in a job post for a human rights organization. It is the assumption that there are "good guys" that builds apathy. This apathy creates such cases

Re: [liberationtech] U.S. Department of State Technical Security Specialist

2019-02-27 Thread Yosem Companys
That's an excellent question. The job is a cyber-defense job, not a cyber-offense one. It also doesn't seem to require a security clearance. So the job seems to fit the definition of technology for social good in that it's theoretically speaking advancing global diplomacy. On Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at

Re: [liberationtech] U.S. Department of State Technical Security Specialist

2019-02-27 Thread Nathan Andrew Fain
As an international reader of this list I find this job advertisement could use clarification. There are plenty of jobs in the US State Department that could be adversarial to liberation tech. One does not know if this position falls on the evil-side or not-evil-side of the US State Department.

[liberationtech] U.S. Department of State Technical Security Specialist

2019-02-26 Thread Yosem Companys
The *U.S. Department of State* is currently accepting applications for a Technical Security Specialist