despite the NSA being terrible, they kinda have a point. just because they did something wrong doesn't mean you should discredit this, they're not the only ones with their capabilities.
[QUOTE=Map in a box;48996980]despite the NSA being terrible, they kinda have a point. just because they did something wrong doesn't mean you should discredit this, they're not the only ones with their capabilities.[/QUOTE]
The NSA, like many government agencies, is divided into directorates. The directorate that handles electronic espionage, the Signals Intelligence Directorate, is not the directorate that handles domestic security of both public and private systems, which is the Information Assurance Directorate. They're not the same organization, they just fall under the same senior leadership umbrella.
Meanwhile the attacks committed by the Chinese and Russians against US government computer systems are well-known, such as the F-35 blueprint hack or the recent OPM compromise, and the vulnerability of our energy and communications infrastructure is alarming. There's no legitimate argument against what the NSA is saying here, just people either massively ignorant of the issue or trying too hard to be edgy.
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