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First thing, this is a great thread on the OSS model and the inherent risks from bad actors in this space. Very worth a read. Second, though is the point about . It's a typical bias from programmers, but a particularly stark example of it.
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So sure, he's not a developer and isn't a highly technical privacy/security expert but he's trying to do good and he's one of the few people providing support to projects aiming to make things better. I see far more silly stuff in feeds of security engineers / researchers anyway.
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Here he calls Snowden "not highly technical" because he isnt a developer. Snowden was an enterprise infrastructure/storage guy and got a pretty sr gig while he was really young. He bypassed loads of "highly technical" NSA security on his way out the door. He is highly technical
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