So I have a far-fetched and self-centered but totally rational fear about Trump's supposed announcement re: hackers. Ready for a ride?
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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski
1. Trump said both during his campaign and during transition that hackers could be anyone, including a dude on his bed in New Jersey.
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2. Steve Bannon's news org wrote about & helped create a list of "Trump disruptors" (their words), which includes 250+ tech professionals.
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Many of these people are, or freely associate with, self-identified anarchists. Anarchy, ofc, being the favorite scapegoat politick.
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The list includes creators and key maintainers of programming languages, info sec experts, and people who have analyzed election security.
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In other words, a host of people who, to the outsider, have both the skill and supposed motivation to do so.
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When you extrapolate the network connections, it looks more odious: e.g., I am on record as being a co-panelist with an ex-DNC developer.
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So Trump's transition team could pull a dozen names off this list and blame them for the hacks. To the outsider, this looks reasonable.
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Of course, there's no evidence these folks performed the hacks, because they didn't. But what's evidence in a post-fact world?
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Anyhow, I doubt this is what will happen. But it's entirely inside the realm of possibility. Thanks for indulging my fear of the week.
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For the record, I don't expect this to happen at all. It's just residing in my threat model.
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Threat models are always good to reevaluate and evolve as the changing landscape so too evolves
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