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NSA posters from the 50s and 60s [pdf]

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Re: NSA posters from the 50s and 60s [pdf]

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What strikes me (besides NSA apparently meaning 'Non-Secular Americans') is that a lot of these posters don't have the design flair and inspiration of, say, WWII propaganda posters.

They would be using opposing themes today. Those posters were made for their time. Surely you don't think the NSA was led by religious people no more than the Donald Trump administration is led by Christians. They'd be screaming islamic chants in arabic if it helped their political goals.

Re: NSA posters from the 50s and 60s [pdf]

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post #20

Anyone recognize the paper tape format on page 103? I wonder if they included some hidden message in it. EDIT: I manually transcribed the clearest part of the tape to binary (the start of the tape is the center of the poster, and it's viewed from behind at the part I transcribed), and pasted it into the converter at: https://v2.cryptii.com/ita2/text Binary: "00100 00011 01100 01001 00100 00101 00111 10110 00001 01010…

I was wondering the same thing.

Re: NSA posters from the 50s and 60s [pdf]

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post #5

Some of those are very disturbing.

" ... government of the state, by the state, for the state ... " (The more things change, the more they stay the same...)

I'm pretty sure that one was meant to show communism, with "under God" cross out and people replaced with state, supposedly with the blood of the revolution.

Re: NSA posters from the 50s and 60s [pdf]

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post #20

Anyone recognize the paper tape format on page 103? I wonder if they included some hidden message in it. EDIT: I manually transcribed the clearest part of the tape to binary (the start of the tape is the center of the poster, and it's viewed from behind at the part I transcribed), and pasted it into the converter at: https://v2.cryptii.com/ita2/text Binary: "00100 00011 01100 01001 00100 00101 00111 10110 00001 01010…

Looks like standard RTTY (Radioteletype)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioteletype

Re: NSA posters from the 50s and 60s [pdf]

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post #20

Anyone recognize the paper tape format on page 103? I wonder if they included some hidden message in it. EDIT: I manually transcribed the clearest part of the tape to binary (the start of the tape is the center of the poster, and it's viewed from behind at the part I transcribed), and pasted it into the converter at: https://v2.cryptii.com/ita2/text Binary: "00100 00011 01100 01001 00100 00101 00111 10110 00001 01010…

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Re: NSA posters from the 50s and 60s [pdf]

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A had a few NCSC security posters that look like they came from the same art department, which I scanned:

Uncle Sam pointing: I want to protect the information in YOUR computer. https://i.imgur.com/e0a67w9.jpg

Santa shooshing: He does not give away PASSWORDS. SHOULD YOU? https://i.imgur.com/ZZDXBBn.jpg

Pirate and Spy: Pirate or Thief? Respect Copyright. It's the law. https://i.imgur.com/Oa8DDeU.jpg

And I took screenshots from that PDF of my favorites:

Magician pulling rabbit out of hat: No Trick to Security. It's Just Common Sense. https://i.imgur.com/9EvTtsI.png

People with safe dials in their mouths: Put Security Where Your Mouth Is. https://i.imgur.com/WAbAEuM.png

Hot pink poster with James Dean in a sultry pose with his arm draped around a safe: Up tight and out of sight. (I'll refrain from cracking any safe sex jokes!) https://i.imgur.com/dBv13kU.png

Re: NSA posters from the 50s and 60s [pdf]

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post #19

You know,the scary thing about the US intelligence community isn't that they all are "after out liberties" or "againsy our privacy". My experience and encounters related to the IC scare me because they genuinely believe they're the good guys who're on the right side of justice. The real scary part is that they are scared of what will happen if they don't do something (where something entails disregarding laws and the…

Fear brings money to security agencies like products bring money to corporations. I'm sure if you visited Apple you'd see a lot of iPhones.

Re: NSA posters from the 50s and 60s [pdf]

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Some trippy posters in there. My favorite was the one where all of the NSA employees had lock mouths. I was surprised how religious some of these were, beyond just "Merry Christmas, don't forget about security" e.g "Christian ideals created freedom"

The ruling class of any country always abuses the most popular belief system for their profit.

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Re: NSA posters from the 50s and 60s [pdf]

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A had a few NCSC security posters that look like they came from the same art department, which I scanned: Uncle Sam pointing: I want to protect the information in YOUR computer. https://i.imgur.com/e0a67w9.jpg Santa shooshing: He does not give away PASSWORDS. SHOULD YOU? https://i.imgur.com/ZZDXBBn.jpg Pirate and Spy: Pirate or Thief? Respect Copyright. It's the law. https://i.imgur.com/Oa8DDeU.jpg And I took screens…

A little off-topic, but clicking imgur "direct" links on mobile redirects you to the standard m.imgur.com URL now? Eww.
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