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47 - The Octopus 1: The Perfect Spy
🕑 Added 2022-08-08 17:28:09 +0000 UTCInslaw Inc developed a version of a software package called PROMIS that was leaps and bounds beyond anything comparable at the time. It was stolen by the US government and allegedly distributed to clients around the world with a secret "back door" surveillance modification. The Inslaw Affair is, for many people, the Rosetta Stone of modern American conspiracy, a high tech Watergate. Before we get truly out there, myself and the mysterious Mr Benjamin Ghazi are going to use this opening episode to really get to grips with what PROMIS actually did, why it was worth stealing, and, just maybe, why it was worth killing for.
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James Aydelotte
‘Justice is about the process- not the outcome.’ This is the fundamental truth of governance and bureaucracy in the creation of faith in the state as the social capital that defines value in a fiat currency.
Samuel McGuire
That’s a pod?
Hodag
Promise works like Salesforce. Different inputs tied to unique identifiers of people, allowing behavioral profiles.
Andrei Belly
Ben's such a gifted storyteller. Great episode.
Brian Stewart
Hats off to your accomplice as well, a great dialogue partner.
Brian Stewart
Best run-down of PROMIS that I’ve yet to encounter, and it’s just begun. Can’t wait to hear the rest. Great work man!
Ash
So whats the best reading on this stuff? Seems like there's a lot of chaff out there...
Strangely Enough
Great primer on PROMS
Tom Allen
Unrelated to the episode but finally read The Twenty Days in Turin after you mentioned it in a previous pod and it's so good. Want a whole episode on it now
NYCM&AHole
Haha I was about to mention Crypto AG
NYCM&AHole
::slaps vein:: hells yes
Dino Zaccagna
YESSSSS
