[ubernostrum]

This kind of real news will get you into hot water with your masters.

And which masters would those be, Mr. Rodriguez? Perhaps you're unaware of the background, Mr. Rodriguez, but everything I've seen from her and a lot of other people who know and care about security have been laying into mainstream news media for quite a while over their reckless and breathless inaccurate reporting on security and encryption, and pointing out that media outlets are going to get people killed by turning them away from secure options and toward things that major governments can crack and spy on.

But acknowledging that wouldn't let you spout creepy and condescending comments like the one I'm replying to, now would it, Mr. Rodriguez? So I can see why you didn't go there.

[brazzledazzle]

I can appreciate comments on HN that counter the prevailing wisdom or even question if something is a conspiracy or not with some (at least circumstantial) evidence and without being too leading but hrodriguez's comment just reads like any other creepy, angry and nasty conspiracy theorist's vitriol. I don't know if it violates any guidelines but I hope we make this kind of comment style unwelcome on HN. There's entire communities dedicated to this style of discussion they can participate in.

[hackuser]

Agreed. A main purpose of propaganda is not to persuade people, but to create enough noise that intelligent discussion is impossible. That seems to be working, to some degree, on HN.

[ubernostrum]

When someone insists on that style of writing at someone, complete with the "Mrs Tufekci" bit, I just mentally read it in the voice of Hugo Weaving from The Matrix.

It works surprisingly well!