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tst123@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

TIL the FBI struggled to hire hackers because of a rule that required applicants to have not smoked marijuana for the past 3 years

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TIL the FBI struggled to hire hackers because of a rule that required applicants to have not smoked marijuana for the past 3 years

www.nydailynews.com

tst123@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago
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The FBI is struggling to find good hackers because of marijuana rules
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Being a tech whiz and smoking cannabis go hand-in-hand. Watch an episode of “Silicon Valley” if not convinced.
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    I once received an email from the NSA inviting me to apply for a programming position. Although I was intrigued for a minute or so, I soon decided I don’t want to help them spy on American citizens and deleted the email.

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      In case you haven’t noticed, American citizens are the biggest threat to America’s security.

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      I interviewed with Google in 2006…

      Feels like a similar thing …

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        It definitely is now. I guess it was then too, but maybe not to the same degree. Google still seemed to be bringing a lot of improvements to the world, and was still using the Don’t Be Evil motto. The public perception of Google back then was outstanding. I’m not sure how much of that was just because we weren’t fully aware of the depth of their tracking and intrusion.

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          They weren’t better lol

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            They are absolutely worse to work for now than back then

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      “You know, I could’ve joined the NSA… but they found out my parents were married.”

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        Is this a movie quote?

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          Yeah, from the movie Sneakers.

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            Oh I loved that movie, but I haven’t seen it in 15 years. I’ve been thinking about watching it again lately. Does it still hold up?

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              It does, it’s still a fun heist thriller with a great cast an excellent soundtrack.

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                Too many secrets.

                It is still a great movie.

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                  My voice is my passport.

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                    Which is a terrible idea but hey, it had to have a weakness.

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                  Are you interested in setec astronomy?

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              Watched it recently, still great. It helps that it focused on the social engineering, the characters, and the heist.

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      To be fair, that’s not all the NSA does.

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        Right. They also invade the rights of Americans in other ways!

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      My dumb brain read NASA and was so confused

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