NSA Operation ORCHESTRA: Subverting Open Source and Standards
HUP · Talk · 46 min · 2014 · YouTube title: NSA operation ORCHESTRA: Annual Status Report
Why it's here
HN returned to it repeatedly, especially after Heartbleed, as an eye-opening argument about subverting open source and standards.
What it covers
Poul-Henning Kamp's FOSDEM 2014 talk is a hypothetical account of how an intelligence agency such as the NSA would sabotage open source software, standards and online discussion. It covers Skype's history, OpenSSL and psyops against standards.