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Re: Haystack redux
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Youll)
Wed Sep 15 09:38:45 2010
From: Jim Youll <jim@cr-labs.com>
In-Reply-To: <4C909D02.9010300@appelbaum.net>
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 09:17:09 -0400
Cc: Steve Weis <steveweis@gmail.com>,
Alec Muffett <alec.muffett@gmail.com>,
cryptography@metzdowd.com
To: Jacob Appelbaum <jacob@appelbaum.net>
On Sep 15, 2010, at 6:16 AM, Jacob Appelbaum wrote:
> An interesting unintended consequence of the original media storm is
> that no one in the media enjoys being played; it seems that now most =
of
> the original players are lining up to ask hard questions. It may be =
too
> little and too late, frankly. I suppose it's better than nothing but =
it
> sure is a great lesson in popular media journalism failures.
On the contrary, because life is not a series of disconnected events, =
this is a great success for the safety of civilians, and for media =
coverage, going forward:
- people who care about the lives of others, and who worry about =
technologies based in "trust" now are more aware of one another than =
ever before
- the business of taking well-intentioned but defective things =
apart is out of the shadows and in a very favorable spotlight
- The media have a whole new dimension of drama to add to their =
coverage of high tech wonders: "... but does it really work?"
Journalism is self-correcting, as you note... provided a feedback =
channel exists and can be maintained long enough for the corrections to =
hold... as happened here.
- jim
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