9 Jun
2009
9 Jun
'09
10:31 p.m.
Prolly due to security clearances... Despite the fact
that dollars to
doughnuts it could prolly be hacked in about 12 seconds flat nowadays,
That is actually not the point to keeping this stuff secret. The point
is that we want the Other Guys to make all the dumb mistakes we made -
great for tracking progress of Their technology.
In class where I learned about these items I'm not
telling you about, we
weren't allowed to take any form of physical notes - things had to be
committed to memory (mammalian only, not electronic. ;-).
Last time I checked (with military personnel with correct security
clearance) it was still classified, but that was at least a decade ago.
We will probably all be dead when it gets declassified completely.
There are actually some technologies over 100 years old that are still
classified.
At least you asked about the current classification. One of the
problems I am always run up against talking to electronics oldtimers
is the nobody tells them when stuff if declassified, so they shut up
tight until I can convince them that it is safe to talk (most often by
showing a tech manual with a big declassification stamp on it).
In any case - and I know I probably will run into the exact same
problem right here and now - but you can at least say what system you
worked on (TSEC/KWT-mumblefoo). The model numbers of the equipments,
and even now some fuzzy pictures of some models, is declassified, with
the exception of the very latest stuff.
--
Will