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by mcphilip 4634 days ago
That Schneier article [1] is very technical and reveals quite a lot of interesting information. It was immediately flagged off HN front page by the flagging brigade [2]. It's highly recommended reading, though.

[1]http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/04/tor-attacks-nsa...

[2]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6495771

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No it wasn't. It at the top of the front page now.
It actually was earlier removed from frontpage, only to reappear after some 10 minutes or so.
Must be a conspiracy.
I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss weird behavior with submissions. Would you?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5008829

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5008267

Yes, I would. You probably know less than you think you do about what the people running HN are doing/trying to do.
Seems you knew about the the YC company-related submissions being boosted. What makes you think nothing strange is happening to any other submissions?
Looks like the NSA invoked the HN.RemoveArticle method.