06 August 2011

An Open Letter to #Defcon #Hackers: Don't Sell Out to the #NSA

Word on the internet is that the National Security Agency(NSA)—of which I'm sure you're well aware—has very publicly stated it's setting up shop at Defcon alongside corporations to recruit hackers to the dark side.

As reported by Reuters, Richard "Dickie" George, technical director of the NSA's Information Assurance Directorate (cyber defense wing)–we'll henceforth call him Simply Dick—is looking to recruit you to work on the "hardest problems on Earth." They're appealing to your ego, your vanity. Simply Dick is looking for hackers only in it for the game; those willing to become pro-state, or at least ideologically neutral.

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