NSA Coworker Remembers Edward Snowden: "A Genius Among Geniuses"
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Re: NSA Coworker Remembers Edward Snowden: "A Genius Among Geniuses"
#2With great power comes great responsibility. I'm glad Snowden saw it that way, too. Same goes for William Binney who was a higher-up in NSA, and also in charge of creating some of its most important/dangerous surveillance software, before he decided to become a whistleblower.
Re: NSA Coworker Remembers Edward Snowden: "A Genius Among Geniuses"
#3Nothing in that piece to suggest Snowden was a "A Genius Among Geniuses"...on what basis does his genius rest? AFAIK there is no record of Snowden doing any kind of work out there that'll suggest he knew anything about computing security.
It seems people have forgotten that there are a ton of freely available computer security tools out there that any body can take and do a lot of damage with.
Re: NSA Coworker Remembers Edward Snowden: "A Genius Among Geniuses"
#4The difference between Snowden and other NSA employees is that Snowden is the real U.S. patriot, not just government worker.
Re: NSA Coworker Remembers Edward Snowden: "A Genius Among Geniuses"
#5Nothing in that piece to suggest Snowden was a "A Genius Among Geniuses"...on what basis does his genius rest? AFAIK there is no record of Snowden doing any kind of work out there that'll suggest he knew anything about computing security. It seems people have forgotten that there are a ton of freely available computer security tools out there that any body can take and do a lot of damage with.
It doesn't mention anything about security. There's a backup system, and a web front-end. Whatever his work was, it was impressive enough to get him an invite to the Tailored Access Operations. Not all work at the NSA was cutting-edge encryption.
Re: NSA Coworker Remembers Edward Snowden: "A Genius Among Geniuses"
#6Snowden differs from many of the whistleblower ilk in that there is nothing to dislike about his character (yet). The media have not dished any dirt, none of his friends/family/ex-lovers have came forward with anything untoward about him and he hasn't shown any signs of being deluded.
Even if you try your hardest to 'believe', a lot of whistleblowers have been deluded one way or another. They can be overly indoctrinated in their 'mission', so, whilst bringing to light useful information they have also been a bit keen to believe the propaganda that goes with The War Against Terror, e.g. Coleen Rowley. They can also be deluded in their importance, to be less than convincing, e.g. Sibel Edmonds. They can also fully jump the shark, e.g. David Shayler. Then there is Assange, 'deluded' in my opinion for thinking leaks could be monetized.
Unless I am missing something, Edward Snowden has taken a stand for truth and not allowed his character to be compromised in any way whatsoever. He has not made any mistakes, there is nothing where you could think he could have done better. Am I being deluded in thinking this?!?
Re: NSA Coworker Remembers Edward Snowden: "A Genius Among Geniuses"
#7Nothing in that piece to suggest Snowden was a "A Genius Among Geniuses"...on what basis does his genius rest? AFAIK there is no record of Snowden doing any kind of work out there that'll suggest he knew anything about computing security. It seems people have forgotten that there are a ton of freely available computer security tools out there that any body can take and do a lot of damage with.
That quote is apparently the opinion of one of the NSA staffers that worked with him. Apparently he was more talented than most of the other employees and contractors.
Re: NSA Coworker Remembers Edward Snowden: "A Genius Among Geniuses"
#8Nothing in that piece to suggest Snowden was a "A Genius Among Geniuses"...on what basis does his genius rest? AFAIK there is no record of Snowden doing any kind of work out there that'll suggest he knew anything about computing security. It seems people have forgotten that there are a ton of freely available computer security tools out there that any body can take and do a lot of damage with.
>...on what basis does his genius rest?
It rests on some of his co-workers thinking he was very smart. Is there anything wrong with that?
>AFAIK there is no record of Snowden doing any kind of work out there that'll suggest he knew anything about computing security.
But how far do you know, exactly, about the work that Snowden was doing, or how good he was at it?
Re: NSA Coworker Remembers Edward Snowden: "A Genius Among Geniuses"
#9Snowden differs from many of the whistleblower ilk in that there is nothing to dislike about his character (yet). The media have not dished any dirt, none of his friends/family/ex-lovers have came forward with anything untoward about him and he hasn't shown any signs of being deluded. Even if you try your hardest to 'believe', a lot of whistleblowers have been deluded one way or another. They can be overly indoctrina…
You're not deluded. I expect we'll see more of this kind of thing and these kind of people to appear.
Re: NSA Coworker Remembers Edward Snowden: "A Genius Among Geniuses"
#10Nothing in that piece to suggest Snowden was a "A Genius Among Geniuses"...on what basis does his genius rest? AFAIK there is no record of Snowden doing any kind of work out there that'll suggest he knew anything about computing security. It seems people have forgotten that there are a ton of freely available computer security tools out there that any body can take and do a lot of damage with.
It doesn't mention anything about security. There's a backup system, and a web front-end. Whatever his work was, it was impressive enough to get him an invite to the Tailored Access Operations. Not all work at the NSA was cutting-edge encryption.
How did you miss that? the whole article speaks to his supposed security prowess:
* Snowden had been brought to Hawaii as a cybersecurity expert working for Dell’s services division but due to a problem with the contract was reassigned to become an administrator for the Microsoft intranet management system known as Sharepoint.