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MillCreek

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Spying in the digital era
« on: December 30, 2019, 03:29:36 PM »
https://news.yahoo.com/shattered-inside-the-secret-battle-to-save-americas-undercover-spies-in-the-digital-age-100029026.html

A really interesting article about the challenges of espionage in the digital era, with facial recognition at the borders and hackers penetrating government personnel databases.
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Re: Spying in the digital era
« Reply #1 on: December 31, 2019, 08:20:03 PM »
I would have thought a lot of this has been in their minds for 10 or 15 years.  New to me though.

I guess no one looked outside the intelligence agencies at the other govt agencies to see if data was secure. 
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