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Interesting stuff! Why do you think he was given so much access to material that wasn't directly relevant to his work?

Whoa. Do you have insider knowledge?

He was offered a job at TAO, but turned it down to work at BAH (near the end of his career).

Wow, thanks for demonstrating this. A dead simple technique like this could have compromised me when trying to use SSH pseudonymously.

I'm guessing Chris knows Satya on some personal level.

> when I decide to upgrade from Windows XP

Oh no.

The .git directory wouldn't be crawled though, correct?

It certainly would be interesting if NSA started intercepting and implanting these products à la Cisco ;)

> you still need the user's willfull cooperation.

Not always, especially when law enforcement can request data straight from the provider, which I would imagine happens in the majority of internet crime investigations. Because let's be real, how many internet companies have a zero knowledge policy towards their users' data?

They already have a front door. It's called "get a warrant".

>ancient

Not really...