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sagehen4/25/2016 11:34:19 am PDT

re: #88 Belafon

From his POV, it’s actually pretty easy to understand the concern. The Imitation Game was on last night, and they mention that the work of Turing and the rest of the team shortened the war effort by two years. Imagine if the Germans had made seven years of advancement because they found out the Allies had their code.

Security and privacy are always in conflict.

Imagine how much sooner we’d have had personal computers and smart phones and fitbits if Turing had been allowed to live his life and continue his work.

(then again… there are days I’m grateful that the stupidest, most embarrassing things I’ve ever said or done were long before anybody had camera phones and YouTube and Twitter.)