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CSE is comparable to America's NSA in general function and scope. While CSIS does intelligence work with computers and hires a lot of programmers and analysts, CSE is traditionally the more technologically-focused of the two. You also hear significantly less about it than even CSIS.

They're good at their jobs.

edit: Spelling. They changed it from CSEC to CSE



More like they changed it "back" to CSE. :)


CSE recruits fairly heavily at student-focused CS events in Montreal. Never seen or heard a peep about CSIS.


Interesting - I remember seeing CSIS at CS student events in Vancouver, but I don't think I saw CSE.


Citation needed.



Suspect the Citation needed was referring to "They're good at their jobs."


Well we do know they successfully hacked the Brazilian government in the interests of private oil companies? That's something isn't it?

> CSEC had been meeting with the heads of our country’s largest energy companies and debriefing them on all the secrets they’ve stolen from Brazil’s mining and energy ministries.

https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/5gqkwq/the-canadian-gover...


Have you ever done well on a group project without doing much work yourself?

I just doubt the hacking group is the same group that chose riak, solr, etc.


I'm sorry but I don't understand your question here. Unless you didn't catch the sarcasm of my original comment?




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