[Cryptography] North Korea and Sony

Henry Baker hbaker1 at pipeline.com
Wed Dec 10 13:49:07 EST 2014


At 10:01 AM 12/10/2014, ianG wrote:
>On 10/12/2014 17:35 pm, John Ioannidis wrote:
>
>>On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 11:41 AM, ianG
>
>>    The point here is if google can make this choice, even for a short
>>    time, what hope Sony?
>>
>>I am not aware of any deal between Google and the NSA.  Quite the
>>contrary.  What are you referring to?
>
>It's a widely discussed secret:
>
>http://www.salon.com/2014/11/16/googles_secret_nsa_alliance_the_terrifying_deals_between_silicon_valley_and_the_security_state/
>
>http://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1280&context=iplj
>
>http://www.batr.org/negotium/052913.html
>
>http://www.pcworld.com/article/188581/The_GoogleNSA_Alliance_Questions_and_Answers.html
>
>My point in highlighting it however is along the lines of "even google cannot avoid the search for institutions, and may come up short."

Silicon Valley has long had a spooky history:

http://steveblank.com/secret-history/

The Secret History of Silicon Valley

Part 1: The Vietnam War
Part 2: B-52’s and the Soviet Air Defense System
Part 3: Bill Perry/ESL and the Cold War
Part 4: Undisclosed Locations
Part 5: Silicon Valley, the 2nd 100 years
Part 6: Stanford, Terman and WWII
Part 7: Stanford, Terman and the Cold War
Part 8: Stanford and the rise of Cold War Entrepreneurship
Part 9: Stanford and Electronic Intelligence
Part 10: Stanford and Weapons Systems
Part 11: The Rise of Venture Capital
Part 12: The First Valley IPO’s
Part 13: Startups with Nuclear Missiles
Part 14: Spy Satellites in Silicon Valley
Part 15: Lockheed – Silicon Valley largest employer
Part 16: Balloon Wars

etc.



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