The agency is sitting on a piece of computer history, but won’t release it because it doesn’t have the right kind of tape player.
  • Bobby Turkalino@lemmy.yachtsEnglish
    201·
    6 months ago

    I’m gonna call bullshit based on the story by Snowden in his biography about his Boomer co-worker who was in charge of maintaining a tape drive that recorded all incoming communications from field agents as a backup

      • Bobby Turkalino@lemmy.yachtsEnglish
        1·
        5 months ago

        If I remember correctly, he said it was definitely not a modern tape drive, which is why an older man was maintaining it

        • Maggoty@lemmy.worldEnglish
          51·
          5 months ago

          It’s more modern than what’s being talked about in the article. Snowden knew his stuff, that doesn’t mean he knew what the old guy with the tape was doing tech wise.