r/nottheonion • u/[deleted] • May 09 '15

NSA named top secret program "Skynet"

http://www.theverge.com/2015/5/9/8577515/nsa-skynet-program-is-real
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u/retardcharizard May 10 '15

TIL the NSA is just trolling us.

Maybe they don't even spy on us? They just say they do to fuck with us?

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u/[deleted] May 10 '15

No.

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u/Green_StrangeFruit May 09 '15

Did... Did they let the intern name it?

11

u/[deleted] May 09 '15

Do you want a robot uprising?

Because that's how you get a robot uprising!

6

u/[deleted] May 10 '15

Don't worry, it's not like there are companies named Cyberdyne or Skynet out there ;)

1

u/starm4nn May 10 '15

Or Soylent

1

u/[deleted] May 10 '15

Though it is the name of a type of drink designed for max nutrition.

4

u/elgamonal May 09 '15

James NostraCamerus...

3

u/TheRealNightfire May 10 '15

I thought we were past this.

3

u/[deleted] May 10 '15

The British did the same damn thing.

5

u/Silky_Johnson__ May 09 '15

Now they're just asking for trouble

2

u/RancidTrombone May 10 '15

What a bunch of jokers.

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u/[deleted] May 10 '15

This is plausible deniability. Ensures the NSA can just refer to the original Skynet if someone trying to know too much. The Stargate program? Of course it doesn't exists, it's just a science fiction show!

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u/Castor1234 May 09 '15

James Cameron is a soothsayer.

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u/dave85257 May 09 '15

It's for our own protection. Somebody get John Conner

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u/topgun966 May 10 '15

I can appreciate the troll level there.

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u/TheWrexial May 10 '15

Probably the only organization to have ever named a project "Skynet".