Though the author may be right, there is lots of speculation here, and some incorrect facts, which unfortunately for me, limit the validity of these arguments.
"In early March, at a meeting for the CIA’s venture capital firm In-Q-Tel, CIA Director David Petraeus..." David Patraeus left the CIA in November of 2012.
One of the interesting things I find about all of these stories is that in this case, it is actually US that is making these tools and giving the government these capabilities.
As much as we may rile against the government data-mining massive amounts of phone records, in the end, it is hackers who are writing the programs to actually get the data. None of this would be possible if we weren't complicit.
Is money the only reason these devs are taking this work? Or do you think it is more of a 'boil the frog' issue, where they do one small, somewhat questionable thing, then another, then another, until we get to the point where we don't know right from wrong anymore?
"In early March, at a meeting for the CIA’s venture capital firm In-Q-Tel, CIA Director David Petraeus..." David Patraeus left the CIA in November of 2012.
One of the interesting things I find about all of these stories is that in this case, it is actually US that is making these tools and giving the government these capabilities.
As much as we may rile against the government data-mining massive amounts of phone records, in the end, it is hackers who are writing the programs to actually get the data. None of this would be possible if we weren't complicit.
Is money the only reason these devs are taking this work? Or do you think it is more of a 'boil the frog' issue, where they do one small, somewhat questionable thing, then another, then another, until we get to the point where we don't know right from wrong anymore?