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The FBI’s latest mission: Be cool enough to recruit hackers

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The FBI’s latest mission: Be cool enough to recruit hackers

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Post by NN88 » Fri, Sep 02, 2016, 8:01 PM UTC

The FBI’s latest mission: Be cool enough to recruit hackers
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Post by gbarc888 » Fri, Sep 02, 2016, 8:11 PM UTC

They have to compete with the CIA and NSA for hackers.

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Post by mtgx » Fri, Sep 02, 2016, 8:50 PM UTC

Arguing pro-encryption is so 2013. What's cool in 2016 is arguing against encryption - apparently:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/08/31/fbi_wants_adult_conv...

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Post by brett_shavers » Fri, Sep 02, 2016, 10:34 PM UTC

Coercion has always worked too. Bust a hacker, threaten a decade in prison, and BOOM! the Feds recruited a hacker.

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