[cryptome] Re: WHY make a fake GCHQ slide?

  • From: Michael Best <themikebest@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: cpunks <cypherpunks@xxxxxxxxxx>, cryptome <cryptome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2015 07:24:00 -0400

Can anyone poke a hole in my logic for any of the possibilities, or come up
with alternate potential faker (again, if it is fake, only the possibility
has been demonstrated) or alternate motives?


"For the lols" is one such possibility as coderman points out. That motive
could be tacked onto most of the potential fakers, but it does also sound
like something a small group of "anons" might do. Unfortunately that
category is so wide (potentially everyone on Earth) and it's a suspicion
based on a stereotype, so I'm not sure if or how to follow-up with it.

On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 6:31 PM, coderman <coderman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 10/10/15, Michael Best <themikebest@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Here's my preliminary list of potential reasons for faking a GCHQ
slide...

Michael one additional reason is amusement.
for example, QUANTUM SQUIRREL [0] which is fuckin' lol


best regards,
and chortle onward!


0. "QUANTUM SQUIRREL SLIDE"
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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/QUANTUMSQUIRREL.jpg/220px-QUANTUMSQUIRREL.jpg
[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tailored_Access_Operations ]

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