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Comment Re:Headline mathematics fail (Score 1) 233

by Parseval on Sunday April 27, 2014 @08:41PM (#46855677) Attached to: Mathematicians Push Back Against the NSA

True, but the article describes further pushback from two other (highly prominent) mathematicians, Alexander Beilinson and Thomas Hales.

Submission + - Mathematicians Push Back Against The NSA

Submitted by Parseval on Sunday April 27, 2014 @01:18AM

Parseval writes: The NSA and GCHQ need mathematicians in order to function — they are some of the biggest employers of mathematicians in the world. This New Scientist article by a mathematician describes some of the math behind mass surveillance, and calls on other mathematicians to refuse to cooperate with the NSA/GCHQ while they continue to surveil the entire population.

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