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friendly_iconoclast

(15,333 posts) Tue Dec 31, 2013, 12:22 AM Dec 2013

NSA’s ANT Division Catalog of Exploits for Nearly Every Major Software/Hardware/Firmware

http://leaksource.wordpress.com/2013/12/30/nsas-ant-division-catalog-of-exploits-for-nearly-every-major-software-hardware-firmware/

Note: previously discussed here:

Shopping for Spy Gear: Catalog Advertises NSA Toolbox

http://www.democraticunderground.com/11782869

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NSA’s ANT Division Catalog of Exploits for Nearly Every Major Software/Hardware/Firmware (Original Post) friendly_iconoclast Dec 2013 OP

We had to install backdoors on all the Network Hardware we produced. In-n-Out Dec 2013 #1

I'd feel a lot more sanguine about these were it not for the fact... friendly_iconoclast Dec 2013 #2

Corporate fascism. nt woo me with science Dec 2013 #3

In-n-Out

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1. We had to install backdoors on all the Network Hardware we produced.

Reply to friendly_iconoclast (Original post)

Tue Dec 31, 2013, 12:23 AM

Dec 2013

As a US manufacture.

Of course, we thought that they would only be used in conjunction with a valid warrant that conformed with the 4th amendment.

This is especially bad for US tech firms as the US Gov has cut all our collective throats. There is no way that any serious business can consider our offerings without considering how vulnerable they will be to competitive secrets being stolen.

I do not think we can recover from this unless serious change is made. President Obama must step in and correct this intolerable situation ASAP.

friendly_iconoclast

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2. I'd feel a lot more sanguine about these were it not for the fact...

Reply to friendly_iconoclast (Original post)

Tue Dec 31, 2013, 12:27 AM

Dec 2013

...the NSA would use their neat toys first and worry about the legality of it later.

woo me with science

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3. Corporate fascism. nt

Reply to friendly_iconoclast (Original post)

Tue Dec 31, 2013, 12:48 PM

Dec 2013

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