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Cyber war will not happen, at least not how you think [Thomas Rid]

2 pointsby cpymchnalmost 12 years ago

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mtgxalmost 12 years ago
&gt; &quot;But if you put intelligence agencies in charge of cybersecurity, they’re more likely to apply an offensive mindset to the problem than ministries of interior.”<p>That&#x27;s exactly what I thought would happen, and exactly what <i>did</i> happen. They keep asking for more funds and new bills to increase the power of cyber &quot;security&quot;, and to &quot;defend&quot; us, but instead they go and make stuff like Stuxnet and Flame with that money, and committing countless acts of war against other countries (including hacking and spying on their systems).