I fail to understand how this is going to shut down the CIA, who is:<p>1.  Not tasked with collection, that would be the NSA.  Detailed in the article is a meeting that the CIA apparently hosted detailing possible exploits for Apple&#x27;s phone systems.  What does Debian have anything to do with exploits on Apple&#x27;s phone systems?  The article is talking about an operating system-level change and the presentation at the event referenced was a &quot;compromised&quot; Xcode that could sneak backdoors into an iPhone app.<p>2.  Primarily involved in HUMINT (Human Intelligence) which consists of face to face interaction.  The article says that the CIA is trying to expand into cyber warfare.  That&#x27;s because the CIA&#x27;s cyber capabilities are laughable right now -- what do you think they were in 2012 when the meeting took place as detailed in the article?<p>3.  The documents referenced do not even detail the level of success that the research has had on breaking Apple&#x27;s encryption and security processes.  News flash, Apple&#x27;s phone is pretty much the most freaking rock solid phone on the market security-wise.  It would be the holy grail for an intelligence agency to crack this thing, but instead government, state, and city agencies have to literally take physical phones to Apple and ask for them to unlock the data on them if it&#x27;s crucial to their investigations.<p>I think the article mentions the CIA to sensationalize, since pretty much anyone recognizes the initialism and a  &quot;Yeah, fight the evil government Debian!&quot; clouds the loosely cobbled-together facts in the article.  I was a CIA contractor, and I really wish there was more understanding of the scope and functions of the different agencies instead of painting every government activity as being malicious.  That the nature of the CIA and NSA prevent most of the details of their operations from being understood is unfortunate, but even if they were it wouldn&#x27;t fit the constant anti-government narrative on the site.  I&#x27;m pondering starting a blog to educate about the roles, responsibilities, and what it&#x27;s really like working in these agencies.  I was an NSA linguist, programmer, and mission manager, as well as a CIA contractor, so I definitely think I have a lot to contribute to the conversation but am constantly drowned out by the rage-filled anti-government sentiment on the site, which you can see if you read my comment history.