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[webmobdev]

I meant perhaps NSA agents are trained in social engineering too. Or it may not have been the NSA, but FBI or CIA or even Military Intelligence too, pretending to be NSA.

[par1970 → webmobdev]

You think the NSA impersonated themselves?

[webmobdev → par1970]

I meant it may have been a real NSA agent, acting on actual orders, but that he may have lied to get access to source code. If so he wouldn't need to do any MitM attack.

[par1970 → webmobdev]

The NSA agent's goal was to get the source code, but he lied about why he wanted it. Fair enough.

[papermachete → webmobdev]

Are you being naive on purpose, friend?

[webmobdev → papermachete]

Looks like I missed something ... ? What's the context in which you think so?

[papermachete → webmobdev]

If we are to trust anything on the web, then social engineering is a basic part of NSA education.

[webmobdev → papermachete]

Well, you are saying so on the web - so it must be true! ;)