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> I guess I shouldn't be surprised that Vox didn't highlight Oracle's CIA origins or its never-ending relationship with governments at all levels. The reason is missing: There's a high likelihood that it was a sponsored article, at least inofficially. Some journalists love to write nice stories about companies - pre-dictated by those companies. I don't have any specific insight here, but Vox aiming to be a "modern" m…
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But not an ordinary welfare queen. People on a welfare can dream of a yacht, a masion, a private jet or young women as partners.
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Your data is in a piece of software controlled by Oracle. They can easily create a backdoor designed for NSA use. Whether they "have" your data on their hardware or not doesn't make much of a difference in this case.
Maybe don't connect your database to the internet? Which is the normal way to install it locally?
I mean.. I suppose you could air gap your database, but of what utility is it to you now?
Is this some sort of obscure reference to a trojan installed in Intel processors ?
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We tend to treat our rivals differently from ourselves. So no.
To the vast majority of the world, including large part of the West, USA is more hostile than China. So, who is “you”?
By the way, how is China coping with the vast flood of immigrants trying to move there? Oh, that's right -- there aren't any.
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This is both a a very US-centric and trust in authority figures take. For the rest of the world however, and people who understand that power should have limits, and that a distrust in authority figures should be the default state the idea that companies like Oracle and Google are mere extensions of the CIA/NSA is terrifying.
Who said anything about trusting In-Q-Tel, the companies they invest in (ahem, GOOGLE!), or what the agencies are doing with the fruits of their investment? I personally think the CIA should be abolished and the NSA put on a very short leash with lots of oversight. But in terms of doing what they do wisely it cannot be argued that In-Q-Tel gives numerous US Government entities access to IP and tech they otherwise wou…
"In-Q-Tel" sorta sounds like... the question ("Q") at the heart of "Intel". Is this some sort of obscure reference to a trojan installed in Intel processors ?