amazing. the CIA used a shitty instant messenger to communicate worldwide for YEARS and .... surprise! everyone broke into it. almost literally everyone
70% of the CIA's communication worldwide was compromised.
tech person tried to tell them what was happening, was punished.
people who supported things like one-time-pads and other Actually Secure Methods were dunked on as "troglodytes"
tech person tried to tell them what was happening, was punished.
people who supported things like one-time-pads and other Actually Secure Methods were dunked on as "troglodytes"
i know teenagers with better opsec than the entire fucking CIA
this isn't even a new issue; american SIGINT has always been an embarrassment. see also the vietnam war, where the military radioed their bombing locations in CLEARTEXT
while wondering how the Viet Cong kept mysteriously evading their bombs
for years
while wondering how the Viet Cong kept mysteriously evading their bombs
for years
american SIGINT is the ultimate dunning kruger effect; they think they're way smarter than all of their opponents but they're actually the singular group of huge dumbasses
they have gajillions of dollars, the Five Eyes, and taps on practically the entire world's communications and they still can't tell their own two feet apart
im just sitting here absorbing the fact that they literally googled for the cia secret website and found it
okay google show me the cia secret website
okay google show me the cia secret website
