The fact that the slides were so disgusting is just another reason to make me think this "story" was "broke" by design. Controlled opposition.
Seems it was EmilandDC's idea all along.
Dear NSA, let me take care of your slides.
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#42You should just get in contact with every governmental agency in the world, the amount of bad designed layouts is over 9000.
No, the amount of designed layouts is zero. The amount of hacked-together presentations is over 9000. In fact, I don't understand why Powerpoint-Design-As-A-Service isn't a thing yet.
For the same reason Web-Design-As-A-Service isn't a thing yet. I deal with non-techie friends who have trouble even with Wix and Weebly on a daily basis.
Re: Dear NSA, let me take care of your slides.
#43I've been so infuriated with this story that I didn't think someone could make me laugh about PRISM, but this did it.
"Most of the world's communications
are flowing through the U.S.
So is your target's data"Re: Dear NSA, let me take care of your slides.
#44Nice deck, BUT this is Hacker News, so here's the customary negative feedback: - the "what's the plan" slide is bad: it doesn't convey the original sense that other providers will join soon or have already joined. the tagline makes it look like it's a future plan, when it's actually describing the past. - that "$20m" slide makes it look like it's a lot of money. The original clearly wanted to contextualise it and mak…
I also object to any slides that cannot be at least readable printed in black and white. Consider the ink costs - do you think the NSA is made of money?!?
I thought most slides these days print to more 'normal colours'? My university always has slides with dark bgs, images and crazy coloured texts but the PDF slides available to accompany them are always only just the text + any images if they have copyright, and print very well in b&w, if people still feel the need to do that
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#45'We are a one-man agency...'
contradictory?
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#46Why are there only four PRISM slides in the presentation?
According to media reports, the total number of slides is much larger …
Re: Dear NSA, let me take care of your slides.
#47Have you considered creating something that would help tie the content to the person viewing the slides? Might be really useful for any security sensitive organization. For example, if the color scheme on certain graphics was programmatically modified slightly for each person who viewed the content, then the next leaker could be immediately identified (if they don't decide to voluntarily publish their name). Something like this would survive screenshots/resizing/etc. You could also enable them to put tags where the software can fill in identifying info in the content. For example a link in the slides might be modified to include a number identifying the viewer, and if that link pops up anywhere, it's off to Gitmo.
Can't believe NSA doesn't already do this stuff.
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#48Apparently I'm grumpy beyond my years but I find these lighthearted jabs at the NSA counter-productive as they just trivialize what happened. I'd much rather see creations that will help bring about change, like shining a spotlight on the representatives that support these programs.
For instance Dianne Feinstein, chair of the Senate Intelligence committee, who said "the authorities need this information in case someone might become a terrorist in the future."
Re: Dear NSA, let me take care of your slides.
#49Nice deck, BUT this is Hacker News, so here's the customary negative feedback: - the "what's the plan" slide is bad: it doesn't convey the original sense that other providers will join soon or have already joined. the tagline makes it look like it's a future plan, when it's actually describing the past. - that "$20m" slide makes it look like it's a lot of money. The original clearly wanted to contextualise it and mak…
In addition, while using the actual company logos in the presentation may spoil the aethetic, it conveys the information much much quicker.
Re: Dear NSA, let me take care of your slides.
#50Apparently I'm grumpy beyond my years but I find these lighthearted jabs at the NSA counter-productive as they just trivialize what happened. I'd much rather see creations that will help bring about change, like shining a spotlight on the representatives that support these programs. For instance Dianne Feinstein, chair of the Senate Intelligence committee , who said "the authorities need this information in case some…
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