[gpcr1949]

> Sorry, that email domain is not recognized. -- An email address from a recognized U.S. school or university is required. If your school's domain is not recognized, please request it to be allowed by clicking HERE

edit: to add some comment: Too bad only this group can participate. Just wanted to have look what type of puzzles they are and recreationally have a stab at them.

[c7DJTLrn]

You're not who they're looking for. They want young (and therefore cheap to employ), bright eyed kids who haven't yet developed a sense of ethics or learned of the atrocious things the NSA gets up to.

[halJordan]

Gen Nakasone: "Cybersecurity is a critical priority for the nation."

You: You're disgusting and atrocious!

Seems like you're the one who has a problem.

[elliekelly]

Cybersecurity can be critical for the nation and the agency tasked with national cybersecurity can also do atrocious things. The two are not mutually exclusive.

[2OEH8eoCRo0]

What is the most atrocious thing that the NSA has done?

[boomboomsubban]

"Most" is tricky, but using things like sim card and IP tracking to approve drone strikes that end up killing scores of civilians is pretty atrocious.

Oh, or the false Gulf of Tonkin report probably led to millions of deaths.

[2OEH8eoCRo0]

> Oh, or the false Gulf of Tonkin report probably led to millions of deaths.

Please cite a reputable source that supports this conspiracy theory.

[axus]

Lying to Congress is up there, it means we don't know the real answer to your question.

[2OEH8eoCRo0]

What is the definition of atrocious or atrocity?

[jackdaniel]

Neglected and even actively undermined the right to privacy is an act against the society. Some would consider that being an atrocity - contributing to a dystopia with oveareaching control of unchecked guardians ;)

[2OEH8eoCRo0]

Atrocity - an extremely wicked or cruel act, typically one involving physical violence or injury.

[throwawayQuwcy]

That's classified and don't go looking too hard otherwise your smart-car might decide to uncontrollably accelerate into a tree one day

[2OEH8eoCRo0]

That's not an answer.

[fitch321]

Made me want to watch the will hunting monologue again.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJHvSp9AKYg

[anotheruser092]

Great film, but right after that, Sean (Robin Williams's character) says:

"It's not about the job. I don't care if you work for the government. But you can do anything you want, you are bound by nothing. What are you passionate about. What do you want? I mean there are guys who work their entire lives laying brick so that their kids have a chance at the opportunities you have here."

So, instead of praising Will, Sean questions why Will seems determined to keep drifting while seeming clever. I always thought the implication was that it's better to define yourself as "for" something than "against" something, even if you sound smart in a wicked way by doing so.

[registeredcorn]

gobvermen bad :(

[cwillu]

Entirely unrelated, but I can never take the word “gubernatorial” seriously.

[thrwawy74]

Everything has innocent potential if you don't look at what has been done.

[adamsmith143]

Lol because working at Google or Facebook is so much better ethically? Give me a break.

[c7DJTLrn]

Err, I don't work there.

[nonrandomstring]

That's the first part of the test.

If you can't easily break into a university IT system what sort of hacker are you? :)

[zen_1]

Apparently you used to be able to buy .edu emails quite cheaply on ebay and friends, I'm not sure if this is still the case though.

[execveat]

It's still the case, but nowadays they're branded as an "Office 365 license".

[execveat]

It's just a CTF focusing on forensics and reverse engineering. Here are the writeups from the 2021 challenge: https://github.com/luker983/nsa-codebreaker-2021