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The woman in charge of the FBI’s most controversial high-tech tools

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>> Privacy advocates also worry that to carry out its hacks, the FBI is using “zero-day” exploits that take advantage of software flaws that have not been disclosed to the software maker.

I imagine that's not the only attack vector. I would be surprised if FBI / CIA / NSA don't seek (direct or indirect) commit access to popular open source projects.

That's too elaborate. They like more direct attacks. Think subpoenas exploiting the third party doctrine to the hilt, MLATs to image any server remotely suspicious outside the USA, and occasional direct hacks.

The funniest part of the article is that she is standing in front of biotech equipment called Freedom EVO.

Is it me, or is the article vaguely sexist? If it was a man, would they have called out to his gender in the headline? Or are they using the fact she is a woman as a form of clickbait?

This is from yesterday: "Isn't SPACE the final frontier? US Navy reveals the man in charge of America's new $4.3bn super destroyer is Captain James Kirk"

December 4th: "Meet the man Arsenal fans will be hoping can fix Alexis"

December 1st: "Meet the Man in Charge of Building the Linchpin for NASA’s Much-hyped (and Mostly Unfunded) Journey to Mars"

November 30th: "History not favorable to the man in charge of hiring UGA’s next football coach"

"Google hires the man in charge of Tesla's Autopilot feature"

And so on...

[0] http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3353284/Isn-t... [1] https://www.dawgnation.com/football/team-news/hiring-history... [2] http://www.theverge.com/2015/11/30/9819646/google-tesla-poac... [3] http://spacenews.com/meet-the-man-in-charge-of-building-the-... [4] http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/premier-league/2015/12/0...

No, calling a woman a woman is not sexist. Yes, it is definitely just you.

If you fail to notice this emphasis in the title, then you also probably fail to recognize "articles" that are basically ads.

...but then...but then the ads got smarter...they started taking the form of real news

I have absolutely, 100% seen articles starting with "The man in charge of $THING."

Stop trying to find controversy where none exists.

Presumably the title would then become "The man in charge of the FBI’s most controversial high-tech tools"

Definitely unrealistic.

Clickbait. You need a catchy title if you want your hit piece on encryption to be read...

It's a form of control. If you hate her work you're a sexist. Sorta like hating Soviet was "fascism". Good to see both sides playing this card.

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