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		tribaal on March 31, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: After Snowden, the NSA Faces Recruitment Challenge It's funny how before the whole scandal was public (or at least, before I personally became aware of it), the NSA sounded like a hip place to work: for example, their keynote here was quite cool: https://www.openstack.org/summit/portland-2013/session-video... EDIT: I mean just look at that guy!

LLWM on March 31, 2015 | [–]

I'd say a lot of the things that have become known since then, like Regin or the ANT exploit catalog, have only intensified that image.

timdaub on March 31, 2015 | | [–]

TIL: You can have a Mohawk and tattoos and still work for the NSA.

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