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His allegiance to internet freedom is reflected in the stickers on his laptop: "I support Online Rights: Electronic Frontier Foundation," reads one. Another hails the online organisation offering anonymity, the Tor Project.
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He described as formative an incident in which he claimed CIA operatives were attempting to recruit a Swiss banker to obtain secret banking information. Snowden said they achieved this by purposely getting the banker drunk and encouraging him to drive home in his car. When the banker was arrested for drunk driving, the undercover agent seeking to befriend him offered to help, and a bond was formed that led to successful recruitment. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/09/edward-snowden-nsa-whistleblower-surveillanceSocial Engineering is one way to defeat strong encryption. |
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The cure sounds worse than the disease.
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i went to my default favorites: history channel, history channel 2, science channel, national geographic, discovery... you know - the typical nerd variety.
We are so predictable. |
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North Korea  They often wear Casascius Coins on their clothing. |
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These discussions are somewhat mute.
as well as moot |
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When it comes to the enemies of Bitcoin, it is not banks nor for that matter governments. The biggest enemy of Bitcoin so far has been Apple who by using their market share worldwide as a tool for censorship has already done way more damage.
At a very fundamental level Apple's business model is predicated on taking complete control over computing devices away from end users, on the other hand Bitcoin's entire security model is predicated on end users having complete control over their computing devices. The conflict on a very fundamental level should be clear to anyone who actually cares to look.
I should add that when it comes to harming Bitcoin Microsoft, is steadily heading in that direction with DRM, particularly after Vista, "secure" boot in Windows 8 and especially with Windows 8 RT. So when it comes to the enemies of Bitcoin after Apple's gold Microsoft is fighting hard for silver.
Before going to war it might be a good idea to first determine who the real enemies are.
Nice post. Buried in a vast ocean of alphanumeric packing material. Centuries from now, archaeologists may discover it. |
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You are correct in that the vast majority (if not all) of whatever info they have collected on Bitcoin is publicly available.
How it works, source code, exchange volumes, nodes, major players, any known persons-of-interest.
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Maybe I'm naive...but, the CIA can't release anything about Bitcoin? Surely there's plenty that is no secret to anybody...like notes from Gavin's presentation.
Executive Order 13526 NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, by the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Sec. 3.6. (a) An agency may refuse to confirm or deny the existence or nonexistence of requested records whenever the fact of their existence or nonexistence is itself classified under this order or its predecessors.BARACK OBAMA THE WHITE HOUSE, December 29, 2009 |
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As one of the few members here with an actual security clearance let me explain what the CIA is going to do. Bitcoin is a relatively new technology and most classified documents will not be released or acknowledged to exist unless one of the follow criterion has been met: - An executive order is received to declassify said documents
- The minimum amount of time required by congress has passed to begin the document sanitization process (redactions of names, certain dates and other pieces of info)
- The entities responsible for the document have made a decision that the contents no longer constitute a national security risk if released
- The documents have been leaked and are now part of a criminal investigation
There are other criterion, but generally speaking if the CIA drafted documents on Bitcoin (which they likely did after Gavin's 2011 visit), then they will not be available for a FOIA release until 2021 at a minimum. Likely, the CIA is going to use Bitcoin for activities with the NCS and joint operations with other agencies abroad thus I really wouldn't expect any document to be released until 2030. Here is some useful advice: Should You Disclose Your Security Clearance?http://govwin.com/lindleyashline_blog/should-you-disclose-your-security/99543 |
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It was not announced by the government and not covered in the media. There were no communications and nobody in the government justified or explained this decision. Is Obama president of France now? |
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INTP
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It is more frequently referred to as rolling in dough.
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This whole story is very hard to believe. Especially the claim that you have friends.
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I would heal the sick, feed the hungry, and clothe the naked.
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One could announce to the world ...
That is at least one weakness. |
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