05.18.11

More of the same old rubbish

Posted in Cyberterrorism, Permanent Fail at 8:43 am by George Smith

Nothing changes. The rest of the world, and much of our own, is always to be threatened with force.

From “Obama Reserves Right to Nuke Hackers”:

President Barack Obama’s “International Strategy for Cyberspace,” released late Monday (May 16), is a forward-thinking document in many ways …

But in one part, it’s eerily like “Dr. Strangelove.” It states that America reserves the right to counter a cyberattack by any means necessary, including unrestrained military force …

That’s the legacy of the last 10 years,” [I told the publication]. “And to the world at large, it’s viewed as a nation that sees every potential problem as a nail to be hit with the hammer of the military and/or security contractors.”

There’s more, of course.


From a few years ago, on how we should get into cyber-carpet bombing.

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