BuckeyeTexan: As programmers, we control their software. As DBAs, we control their data. As systems administrators, we control their servers. They do nothing unless we allow it. They are deaf, dumb, and blind without us.We said that in August 2012 on a thread about gun confiscation.Robert Teesdale: And it only takes one of us to betray the entire intelligence apparatus from a technology standpoint.
Without inflating numbers, I will safely bet that there is more than one well-placed patriot in a useful position.
Do you think Snowden is the beginning of IT geeks drawing a line in the sand?
Right about now everyone is getting an anal exam.