[yeukhon]

"Unfortunately, the Intercept decided not to publish most of the document, so all of those people with "a Ph.D. in a related field" can't read and understand WindsorGreen's capabilities. What sorts of key lengths can the machine brute force? Is it optimized for symmetric or asymmetric cryptanalysis? Random brute force or dictionary attacks? We have no idea."

When I was reading the news article, I thought to myself, should they really be publishing classified information? The dumb leak was one thing, but publishing it more broadly is a whole different thing. If this was a government contract, I would assume these are classified documents (which they are). Obviously we tax payers should have the right to know, but logically, wouldn't that consider a crime just like leaking to Wiki Leaks?

[nyolfen]

> When I was reading the news article, I thought to myself, should they really be publishing classified information?

are you not familiar with the intercept? it was initally created mainly to publish snowden documents

> wouldn't that consider a crime just like leaking to Wiki Leaks?

we have freedom of the press in america

[yeukhon]

Freedom of press does not mean you can just report on classified information without consequences. You can't just go into Google office and start leaking an NDA project. In this circumstances, sure, the document was available publicly. But since it has been hidden, wouldn't further distribution considered illegal?

[pvg]

Freedom of press does not mean you can just report on classified information without consequences.

In the US, you effectively can, assuming you are actually the press and have the means of defending yourself. While there are laws on the books that supposedly limit this in various ways, they are generally not invoked - notice the government typically asks papers to delay publishing classified information they may have received.

[tptacek]

Unlawful, in the NDA case. It's not illegal to break a contract.