Chapter 253 Inescapable
On the third floor of NGN Company, the president's office.
An Rusong put a cup of coffee in front of Jenny and said, "'Guilford Cali Society'? Is this a non-profit research institution? Why have I never heard of the name of this institution?"
Walking around the desk and walking to his chair, An Rusong bent down and sat down while smiling and adding: "I don't know why, but every time I hear something like 'study' or 'study meeting' , 'Relationship Association', etc., I feel very uncomfortable with the names of these organizations, because I always feel that these organizations are very troublesome. They either hide this thing or that kind of thing behind them. Most of them are not from the Republic of Korea.”
What he said was not concealed at all, he almost pointed at the other person's nose and said she was a spy or an agent.
Opposite the desk, Jenny picked up the coffee that An Rusong had just placed in front of her, brought it to her nose and sniffed it, then took another sip, as if to taste the taste, she probably thought it tasted pretty good, He took another sip, put down the coffee, and said with a smile: "Your intuition is very accurate. Our 'Guilford Cali Society' does not belong to South Korea, nor does it serve the South Korean government or private institutions."
After a pause, she continued: "However, you don't have to worry about getting into trouble because of your contact with us, because we have a cooperative relationship with the National Intelligence Agency."
"Oh?" An Rusong raised his eyebrows, and at the same time reached out to open a drawer beside him, took out a pack of cigarettes from it, and shook it towards the woman opposite.
"Thank you," Jenny nodded towards him, thanked him, and continued, "'The Guilford Cali Society' is our external name, and our real name is 'Open Source Intelligence Office', which is the 'Open Source Intelligence Office' ', referred to as 'OSIO'."
An Rusong handed her a cigarette, lit it for her, and then asked: "Then who do you serve?"
Jenny took a puff of cigarette, looked at him in the swirling smoke, and smiled: "Nosuchagency."
The corners of An Rusong's lips twitched. His English level was pretty good and he could naturally understand what the other party said. Translated, her words meant "there is no such institution". If you simply listen to the meaning of her words, she seems to be saying that they do not serve any organization. But in fact, her words cannot be taken at face value. Instead, they need to take the first letters of three words, that is "NSA".
In other words, they serve the National Security Agency of the United States. Furthermore, they are an intelligence agency stationed in Seoul by the National Security Agency of the United States. They do not serve the government departments and private institutions of the Republic of Korea, but serve Washington. of U.S. government services.
Well, they don't even serve the U.S. government, but simply the U.S. Department of Defense, which is the U.S. military.
Raising his hand and lightly scratching his forehead, An Rusong clicked his tongue and said, "You know, Miss Jenny, I regret saving you now."
Of course Jenny could hear what he meant. The woman smiled silently and said, "Mr. An, you understand one thing. The reason why 'OSIO' came to you today has nothing to do with whether you saved me in the first place." , only related to the NGN software you created. If you had not saved me, 'OSIO' would still find you, but the person who came to meet you would not be me."
After saying that, she brought over a handbag she carried with her, took out a folded document, and gently placed it on the desk in front of her. While flipping through the contents, she said: "Mr. An, you should Knowing the working principles of the NSA, any communication data that we believe is related to the national security of the United States should be included in our monitoring and listening lists.”
"NGN software currently has more than 120 million registered users," she turned to a page of the document and smiled while looking at the content above. "And this data is still growing rapidly. The most important thing is that the coverage of NGN software , mainly concentrated in East Asia and Southeast Asia, and gradually penetrated into the entire Asian region, and this area has always been an area where ICQ and MSN have been developing slowly. In our monitoring map, this is an almost blank area. .”
An Rusong lit his cigarette, but he was thinking about what the other party said. There is no doubt that there are two messages hidden in Jenny's words: First, the NSA has not restrained itself because of the scandal of infringing on citizens' privacy. On the contrary, they are intensifying their efforts to expand the scope of surveillance.
Second, ICQ and MSN, two instant messaging giants, have obviously reached cooperation with the NSA. They should have opened their own databases to the NSA, allowing the NSA to monitor the chat records of users of the two softwares. Now, with the rapid development of NGN, especially the surge in the number of registered users, NSA is eyeing NGN again. For An Rusong, this was actually foreseen a long time ago.
In An Rusong's understanding, a company like NGN cannot be a simple Internet company, because with the development of software and the influx of a large number of users, the database that supports the normal operation of the software has become an integrated multi-purpose enterprise. key resources.
For a company committed to developing big data, it is a sample library for analyzing big data, while for an intelligence agency, it is a standard intelligence information library.
In An Rusong's previous life, what fate happened to the creator of the "Paper Plane" software? That's right, in order to protect the so-called "encryption" property of the software, he couldn't stay with Lao Maozi anymore and ran to France, which he thought was free. However, he still couldn't escape the fate of being caught. Although he temporarily escaped the fate of being sentenced by paying a large "ransom", An Rusong believed that as long as he wanted to maintain the "encrypted" attribute of the "Paper Plane" software, it would not be subject to supervision by any country. , control, things like France will come to him sooner or later.
Of course, when An Rusong was reborn into this world, Pavel Durov, the founder of "Paper Plane", had just been released on bail pending trial. An Rusong did not know that shortly after his rebirth, to be precise, Not even half a month has passed. Pavel Durov, who once declared that "Paper Plane" will remain neutral and will never cooperate with any country, officially started cooperation with the French government and handed over some user information to French police.
In essence, NGN software and "paper airplanes" are actually the same thing. The main difference between the two is probably that NGN software does not use overly complex encryption methods. However, in the database of NGN software, there are still a large number of related information stored in it. User privacy stuff. Among them, there is a lot of information that is of great interest to the intelligence agencies of certain countries.
To be honest, South Korea's National Intelligence Agency is relatively useless, and the current political situation in South Korea is relatively tense. Those in the National Intelligence Agency are distracted. Otherwise, someone would have found An Rusongmen long ago.
So the question is, since this day has been foreseen for a long time, as an operator of such an instant messaging software, how can An Rusong avoid a fate similar to Pavel Durov?
The answer is simple, that is, to find an intelligence agency that is strong enough and hard-core enough to serve as a collaborator of NGN. NGN can open the user information in the database to this partner, and the other party needs to provide corresponding protection for NGN.
Yes, An Rusong needs to find such a collaborator. If he is in the United States or in the country of his previous life, he does not need to make a choice, because his country's intelligence agency is the best choice.
But in the so-called "big" Republic of Korea, the National Intelligence Service cannot give him enough protection. Although the building in Naegok-dong, Seocho District is not a decoration, it is not much better than a decoration. After all, what is the difference between the NIS and a dog raised by Americans? In this case, instead of cooperating with a dog raised by Americans, how about cooperating directly with Americans?
Now, the 2007 and 2008 Olympic Games have not been held yet. The United States is now the world's largest country, and no one will object to it. Therefore, for An Rusong and NGN Company, the only choice is the United States. Cooperation is the safest option.
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From this point of view, Jenny who came to the door should be regarded as doing An Rusong a favor.
"OK, I understand." Following the other person's words, An Rusong nodded and said, "I want to know now, what do you need me to do? In other words, what do you need NGN Company to do?"
After saying this, before the other party could speak, An Rusong immediately added: "Don't tell me what backend programs you are planning to add to the NGN software. It is impossible for me to accept such a request, and neither do NGN investors." It will not be accepted. Of course, Korean laws and even American laws will not allow it.”
It is one thing to provide the data in the database to the NSA, but it is another thing to add the backend program provided by the other party to the NGN software. The latter is not only illegal, but once exposed, you may be able to directly seize the NGN software. The life of the software, An Rusong would not take such a risk.
In fact, if NGN chooses to cooperate with NSA and provide database data to the other party, if it is exposed by the media, it will also have a certain impact on the development of NGN software, but the impact will not be too great. After all, it is so The software we make is not from NGN.
(End of chapter)