What is “The Evil Organization”?
Recently I clicked on a "hot" topic from Information Security.SE titled...
Buying a “Used” Router
A number of times the term "Evil Organization" came up in the comments. As in...
The Evil Organization would have to predict when I am going to buy a router, predict which make/model I will buy, where I will buy, go there before, buy all the routers on the place, put a backdoor on each one, return every one, and wait for me to buy the compromised router. I don't think is plausible..
Is this a reference to the TV trope such as in the series Mr. Robot, or is it some kind of sardonic reference to a conspiracy-theory driven paranoia? Or maybe they are serious?
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Recently I clicked on a "hot" topic from Information Security.SE titled...
Buying a “Used” Router
A number of times the term "Evil Organization" came up in the comments. As in...
The Evil Organization would have to predict when I am going to buy a router, predict which make/model I will buy, where I will buy, go there before, buy all the routers on the place, put a backdoor on each one, return every one, and wait for me to buy the compromised router. I don't think is plausible..
Is this a reference to the TV trope such as in the series Mr. Robot, or is it some kind of sardonic reference to a conspiracy-theory driven paranoia? Or maybe they are serious?
meaning-in-context neologisms
asked 6 hours ago
CascabelCascabel
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It refers back to "intelligence agencies" (with malicious intent) in the preceding sentence.
– TRomano
6 hours ago
2
It's just giving a name to a concept so that there is a way to refer to it throughout. Functionally, it's no different than "an evil organization" ...
– Robusto
5 hours ago
Hi @TRomano ..that was a very astute observation. I had to go back and look. [extremely interested]. I would like to find out if there is a recognized concept, as in perhaps, tech world, or like in programmer-speak. Perhaps I am unclear.
– Cascabel
5 hours ago
2
It is intended to be a generic label for "bad (institutional) actor" and the uppercase letters add a little ominous organ music appropriate for "cloak and dagger" operations.
– TRomano
5 hours ago
Erm...lemme think about that @TRomano. That was my first take, but...just as most of the net is on the dark side, maybe there is term that describes this with the tekkie guys...?? Perhaps it has an idiomatic usage.
– Cascabel
5 hours ago
add a comment |
Recently I clicked on a "hot" topic from Information Security.SE titled...
Buying a “Used” Router
A number of times the term "Evil Organization" came up in the comments. As in...
The Evil Organization would have to predict when I am going to buy a router, predict which make/model I will buy, where I will buy, go there before, buy all the routers on the place, put a backdoor on each one, return every one, and wait for me to buy the compromised router. I don't think is plausible..
Is this a reference to the TV trope such as in the series Mr. Robot, or is it some kind of sardonic reference to a conspiracy-theory driven paranoia? Or maybe they are serious?
meaning-in-context neologisms
asked 6 hours ago
CascabelCascabel
7,96862856
Recently I clicked on a "hot" topic from Information Security.SE titled...
Buying a “Used” Router
A number of times the term "Evil Organization" came up in the comments. As in...
The Evil Organization would have to predict when I am going to buy a router, predict which make/model I will buy, where I will buy, go there before, buy all the routers on the place, put a backdoor on each one, return every one, and wait for me to buy the compromised router. I don't think is plausible..
Is this a reference to the TV trope such as in the series Mr. Robot, or is it some kind of sardonic reference to a conspiracy-theory driven paranoia? Or maybe they are serious?
meaning-in-context neologisms
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It refers back to "intelligence agencies" (with malicious intent) in the preceding sentence.
– TRomano
6 hours ago
2
It's just giving a name to a concept so that there is a way to refer to it throughout. Functionally, it's no different than "an evil organization" ...
– Robusto
5 hours ago
Hi @TRomano ..that was a very astute observation. I had to go back and look. [extremely interested]. I would like to find out if there is a recognized concept, as in perhaps, tech world, or like in programmer-speak. Perhaps I am unclear.
– Cascabel
5 hours ago
2
It is intended to be a generic label for "bad (institutional) actor" and the uppercase letters add a little ominous organ music appropriate for "cloak and dagger" operations.
– TRomano
5 hours ago
Erm...lemme think about that @TRomano. That was my first take, but...just as most of the net is on the dark side, maybe there is term that describes this with the tekkie guys...?? Perhaps it has an idiomatic usage.
– Cascabel
5 hours ago
add a comment |
It refers back to "intelligence agencies" (with malicious intent) in the preceding sentence.
– TRomano
6 hours ago
2
It's just giving a name to a concept so that there is a way to refer to it throughout. Functionally, it's no different than "an evil organization" ...
– Robusto
5 hours ago
Hi @TRomano ..that was a very astute observation. I had to go back and look. [extremely interested]. I would like to find out if there is a recognized concept, as in perhaps, tech world, or like in programmer-speak. Perhaps I am unclear.
– Cascabel
5 hours ago
2
It is intended to be a generic label for "bad (institutional) actor" and the uppercase letters add a little ominous organ music appropriate for "cloak and dagger" operations.
– TRomano
5 hours ago
Erm...lemme think about that @TRomano. That was my first take, but...just as most of the net is on the dark side, maybe there is term that describes this with the tekkie guys...?? Perhaps it has an idiomatic usage.
– Cascabel
5 hours ago
It refers back to "intelligence agencies" (with malicious intent) in the preceding sentence.
– TRomano
6 hours ago
It refers back to "intelligence agencies" (with malicious intent) in the preceding sentence.
– TRomano
6 hours ago
2
2
It's just giving a name to a concept so that there is a way to refer to it throughout. Functionally, it's no different than "an evil organization" ...
– Robusto
5 hours ago
It's just giving a name to a concept so that there is a way to refer to it throughout. Functionally, it's no different than "an evil organization" ...
– Robusto
5 hours ago
Hi @TRomano ..that was a very astute observation. I had to go back and look. [extremely interested]. I would like to find out if there is a recognized concept, as in perhaps, tech world, or like in programmer-speak. Perhaps I am unclear.
– Cascabel
5 hours ago
Hi @TRomano ..that was a very astute observation. I had to go back and look. [extremely interested]. I would like to find out if there is a recognized concept, as in perhaps, tech world, or like in programmer-speak. Perhaps I am unclear.
– Cascabel
5 hours ago
2
2
It is intended to be a generic label for "bad (institutional) actor" and the uppercase letters add a little ominous organ music appropriate for "cloak and dagger" operations.
– TRomano
5 hours ago
It is intended to be a generic label for "bad (institutional) actor" and the uppercase letters add a little ominous organ music appropriate for "cloak and dagger" operations.
– TRomano
5 hours ago
Erm...lemme think about that @TRomano. That was my first take, but...just as most of the net is on the dark side, maybe there is term that describes this with the tekkie guys...?? Perhaps it has an idiomatic usage.
– Cascabel
5 hours ago
Erm...lemme think about that @TRomano. That was my first take, but...just as most of the net is on the dark side, maybe there is term that describes this with the tekkie guys...?? Perhaps it has an idiomatic usage.
– Cascabel
5 hours ago
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In my reading, they are not talking about any specific organization, but are referring to the idea mentioned in the answer and the previous comment that an evil actor might have tampered with the router.
I read it like this: "The Evil Organization implied by your question would have to..."
answered 6 hours ago
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Exactly. The reader is allowed to substitute whatever organization s/he thinks is Evil - the NSA, the KGB, the National Enquirer...
– jamesqf
2 hours ago
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In my reading, they are not talking about any specific organization, but are referring to the idea mentioned in the answer and the previous comment that an evil actor might have tampered with the router.
I read it like this: "The Evil Organization implied by your question would have to..."
answered 6 hours ago
ᴇʟᴇvᴀтᴇᴇʟᴇvᴀтᴇ
9851718
Exactly. The reader is allowed to substitute whatever organization s/he thinks is Evil - the NSA, the KGB, the National Enquirer...
– jamesqf
2 hours ago
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In my reading, they are not talking about any specific organization, but are referring to the idea mentioned in the answer and the previous comment that an evil actor might have tampered with the router.
I read it like this: "The Evil Organization implied by your question would have to..."
answered 6 hours ago
ᴇʟᴇvᴀтᴇᴇʟᴇvᴀтᴇ
9851718
Exactly. The reader is allowed to substitute whatever organization s/he thinks is Evil - the NSA, the KGB, the National Enquirer...
– jamesqf
2 hours ago
add a comment |
In my reading, they are not talking about any specific organization, but are referring to the idea mentioned in the answer and the previous comment that an evil actor might have tampered with the router.
I read it like this: "The Evil Organization implied by your question would have to..."
answered 6 hours ago
ᴇʟᴇvᴀтᴇᴇʟᴇvᴀтᴇ
9851718
In my reading, they are not talking about any specific organization, but are referring to the idea mentioned in the answer and the previous comment that an evil actor might have tampered with the router.
I read it like this: "The Evil Organization implied by your question would have to..."
answered 6 hours ago
ᴇʟᴇvᴀтᴇᴇʟᴇvᴀтᴇ
9851718
answered 6 hours ago
ᴇʟᴇvᴀтᴇᴇʟᴇvᴀтᴇ
9851718
answered 6 hours ago
ᴇʟᴇvᴀтᴇᴇʟᴇvᴀтᴇ
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answered 6 hours ago
ᴇʟᴇvᴀтᴇᴇʟᴇvᴀтᴇ
9851718
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Exactly. The reader is allowed to substitute whatever organization s/he thinks is Evil - the NSA, the KGB, the National Enquirer...
– jamesqf
2 hours ago
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Exactly. The reader is allowed to substitute whatever organization s/he thinks is Evil - the NSA, the KGB, the National Enquirer...
– jamesqf
2 hours ago
Exactly. The reader is allowed to substitute whatever organization s/he thinks is Evil - the NSA, the KGB, the National Enquirer...
– jamesqf
2 hours ago
Exactly. The reader is allowed to substitute whatever organization s/he thinks is Evil - the NSA, the KGB, the National Enquirer...
– jamesqf
2 hours ago
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It refers back to "intelligence agencies" (with malicious intent) in the preceding sentence.
– TRomano
6 hours ago
2
It's just giving a name to a concept so that there is a way to refer to it throughout. Functionally, it's no different than "an evil organization" ...
– Robusto
5 hours ago
Hi @TRomano ..that was a very astute observation. I had to go back and look. [extremely interested]. I would like to find out if there is a recognized concept, as in perhaps, tech world, or like in programmer-speak. Perhaps I am unclear.
– Cascabel
5 hours ago
2
It is intended to be a generic label for "bad (institutional) actor" and the uppercase letters add a little ominous organ music appropriate for "cloak and dagger" operations.
– TRomano
5 hours ago
Erm...lemme think about that @TRomano. That was my first take, but...just as most of the net is on the dark side, maybe there is term that describes this with the tekkie guys...?? Perhaps it has an idiomatic usage.
– Cascabel
5 hours ago