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.
NSA posters from the 50s and 60s [pdf]
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Re: NSA posters from the 50s and 60s [pdf]
#22Some of those are very disturbing.
(The more things change, the more they stay the same...)
Re: NSA posters from the 50s and 60s [pdf]
#23Anyone 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…
Re: NSA posters from the 50s and 60s [pdf]
#24Some 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...)
Re: NSA posters from the 50s and 60s [pdf]
#25Anyone 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…
Re: NSA posters from the 50s and 60s [pdf]
#26Anyone 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…
Re: NSA posters from the 50s and 60s [pdf]
#27Uncle 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]
#28You 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…
Re: NSA posters from the 50s and 60s [pdf]
#29Some 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.
Re: NSA posters from the 50s and 60s [pdf]
#30A 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…