Inside TAO: Documents Reveal Top NSA Hacking Unit
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#2They actually use the their sniffing capabilities to capture error reports sent by windows... Then use that info to target the machine. What an advantage.
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#4Where is the link to the documents?
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#5UPS, Fedex, DHL and Dell have some explaining to do.
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#6It is reassuring to see that the US is not falling behind in the spy vs spy arms race. Technology is making it easier and easier to conceal conspiracies or national security initiatives. If applied judiciously, this is a valuable asset. There is the danger of misuse, as with many US government assets: nukes, chemical weapons, and guns, to name a few.
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#7Where is the link to the documents?
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#8It is reassuring to see that the US is not falling behind in the spy vs spy arms race. Technology is making it easier and easier to conceal conspiracies or national security initiatives. If applied judiciously, this is a valuable asset. There is the danger of misuse, as with many US government assets: nukes, chemical weapons, and guns, to name a few.
Maybe someone would espouse this opinion if they were in the military?
There has been no evidence that the USA is falling behind in any spy related activities, and the article starts with examples of how they were disrupting residential garage door openers and then goes on to things like exploiting individuals at a belgium based corp, or the mexican government, a supposed ally.
Why does this make you reassured?
The potential for misuse when it comes to nukes and chemical weapons also have the distinct and likely possibility that someone would catch them, this means that they generally will only use those weapons when it is actually needful.
This technology is very likely impossible to detect by all but the biggest actors, and therefore has a HUGE potential for abuse. I am NOT reassured.
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#9UPS, Fedex, DHL and Dell have some explaining to do.
"We got a National Security Letter. End of explanation."
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#10For whatever it's worth it to any of you to know this, TAO is one of the worst kept secrets in infosec. As I understand it, there are several active, well-regarded software security experts on Twitter that come from TAO. There are even conspiracy theories that some of them still work for TAO as industry sleepers. If you had asked a software security person 5 years ago to name an NSA hacking program, there's a decent chance some of them would have said "TAO".