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by twrkit 4182 days ago
Wow, I have a great deal of respect for Schneier, but referencing GotNews (aka Charles C. Johnson) as a credible technical source? Yikes. [1]

[1] my comment when this "source" was posted to HN (before it was flagged for removal): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8789341
2 comments
rgbrenner 4182 days ago
And Schneier's reply when someone said something about it:

Yes, I know that Chuck Johnson (http://gawker.com/what-is-chuck-johnson-and-why-the-web-s-wo...) is unreliable and worse. But in this case, I thought the data sound enough to republish.

After reading that article.. why would he believe anything from this guy?

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sroerick 4182 days ago
I deleted my last post which came out snarkier than I meant it.

The point I meant to get at was that the timecode analysis which was featured is not just claimed by Charles Johnson, but rather is in the torrents released by GOP.

I don't have any problem with Schneier referencing this article.

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