Lol.

Firmly in the pocket of Big Lol

> I'm not sure if he's paid

Baseless accusations of shillage are not allowed on Hacker News. Insinuation à la concern troll is a form of this. Please don't do it again.

You should have posted this to OP. I am defending tptacek.

You write that as if the rest of your comments on this thread weren't there for everyone else to see, like maybe people will just read this one in isolation and believe you.

Which ones in particular? That's just not right.

Everything I said has been perfectly straightforward and honest.

Downvote brigades are usually only a thing on Reddit, but I experience them here occasionally.

The OP claimed you were a shill - I questioned whether you were paid. I said maybe you were just in the circle or bought into the narrative.

I'd say the responses were proportionate: we banned the obvious troll and asked you not to break the rules.

I am disputing that I broke the rules.

The OP had said that tptacek was a shill. I defended tptacek by saying I didn't know that he was paid or whether he was just in the circle of security contractors (he is) or whether he merely bought into and was regurgitating their propaganda.

I did not call tptacek a shill nor make a baseless accusation. It's absolutely true that tptacek is a stalwart defender of public narrative. This is the base of OP (not baseless) of his calling tptacek a shill. I entertained the possibility that he wasn't paid or anything like that.

Anyway, this isn't really interesting content any more. I think the real shame is that the main topic was downvoted to oblivion where people will not see the comparison to the US. The information about Binney (that tptacek clearly showed he was noncharitably and polemically engaging) and Risen and others won't be seen.

That's okay. One battle at a time.

Thanks dang, for your help and attention.

Ok. Let's agree that you meant well and stop posting about this.