[mirimir]

Well, until Snowden's dump, stuff like XKeyscore must have seemed enigmatic enough. I mean, I doubt that people disclosed that they'd worked or consulted with the NSA, or NSA contractors. So only people who had would have known what those acronyms / code words meant. Rather like a secret handshake or whatever.

[secfirstmd]

I thought the codewords were classified themselves? Never understood how people put them on Linkedin

[mirimir]

I would have thought so too. People get sloppy, I guess.

For example, from WWII: http://weaponsman.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/OPSEC-grunt...