> That inbox will get hacked. It's only a matter of time. If thousands of federal bureaucrats have access to it, I would be very surprised if foreign intelligence agencies do not already have access to it in some capacity.
That is honestly my problem with NSA/FBI/etc.
They have the biggest pot of gold at the end of the rainbow and the attack vectors are limitless. Political [The Hitler scenario], technical [foreign intelligence, terrorists, basement hackers, etc.], handling of garbage [someone didn't dispose of it correctly], internal [someone wants to go a target on their own, sell it to the Chinese, etc], etc. etc.
The fact Snowden was able to do what he did is proof they aren't competent enough to be trusted with that pot of gold.
That is honestly my problem with NSA/FBI/etc.
They have the biggest pot of gold at the end of the rainbow and the attack vectors are limitless. Political [The Hitler scenario], technical [foreign intelligence, terrorists, basement hackers, etc.], handling of garbage [someone didn't dispose of it correctly], internal [someone wants to go a target on their own, sell it to the Chinese, etc], etc. etc.
The fact Snowden was able to do what he did is proof they aren't competent enough to be trusted with that pot of gold.