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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‘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.
James Aydelotte
2024-12-12 16:46:39 +0000 UTCThat’s a pod?
Samuel McGuire
2024-03-30 19:46:24 +0000 UTCPromise works like Salesforce. Different inputs tied to unique identifiers of people, allowing behavioral profiles.
Hodag
2023-07-18 23:26:38 +0000 UTCBen's such a gifted storyteller. Great episode.
Andrei Belly
2022-08-11 06:12:49 +0000 UTCHats off to your accomplice as well, a great dialogue partner.
Brian Stewart
2022-08-10 00:31:44 +0000 UTCBest 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!
Brian Stewart
2022-08-10 00:31:15 +0000 UTCSo whats the best reading on this stuff? Seems like there's a lot of chaff out there...
Ash
2022-08-09 12:21:30 +0000 UTCGreat primer on PROMS
Strangely Enough
2022-08-09 04:45:10 +0000 UTCUnrelated 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
Tom Allen
2022-08-08 21:01:39 +0000 UTCHaha I was about to mention Crypto AG
NYCM&AHole
2022-08-08 19:11:43 +0000 UTC::slaps vein:: hells yes
NYCM&AHole
2022-08-08 18:20:04 +0000 UTCYESSSSS
Dino Zaccagna
2022-08-08 17:29:49 +0000 UTC
