BrianKrebs on Nostr: Judd Legum writes: "Today, the NSA is planning a "Big Delete" of websites and ...
Judd Legum writes: "Today, the NSA is planning a "Big Delete" of websites and internal network content that contain any of 27 banned words, including "privilege," "bias," and "inclusion," a NSA source tells Popular Information."
"The massive purge is creating chaos, taking down "mission-related" work"
https://bsky.app/profile/juddlegum.bsky.social/post/3lhtdftmwvk2ihttps://popular.info/p/the-nsas-big-deleteThe list of prohibited words is kinda bonkers, not least of which because it totally ignores the fact that some of these are actually technical terms of art in intel gathering and cybersecurity. For example: "confirmation bias," "privilege," "equity."
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