Make datalove, not cyberwar. Cyberwar is some uninteresting rhetoric to spread fear, kthxbye =)
Le 05/02/2013 20:07, Andreas Bader a écrit : > On 01/31/2013 04:39 PM, Gregory Foster wrote: >> Thanks for bringing up this subject, Andreas. >> >> I'll just add that aggression (cyber-aggression perhaps?) requires >> actors. And as Andreas points out, on January 27th the Pentagon >> announced approval of US Cyber Command's expansion from 900 personnel >> to 4,900 troops and civilians. >> >> WaPo (Jan 27) - "Pentagon to boost cybersecurity force" by Ellen >> Nakashima: >> http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/pentagon-to-boost-cybersecurity-force/2013/01/19/d87d9dc2-5fec-11e2-b05a-605528f6b712_story.html >> >> >> This five-fold expansion of personnel comes in the midst of threatened >> Defense budget cuts (the "sequester") and a draw-down of overseas >> engagements, which signifies something about its perceived necessity. >> More importantly, DOD Cyber Command (which is right next door to the >> NSA and led by the Director of the NSA) is staffing "combat mission >> forces" now that DOD has the green light to perform offensive >> operations across the Internet. >> >> There is a difference between covert operations concealed in black >> budgets (e.g., Stuxnet) and overtly embraced state-sanctioned >> aggression. Remember that Stuxnet has proven it is quite possible for >> actions initiated from the information environment to have kinetic >> effects in physical space (destroying Iran's centrifuges IMO >> constitutes an act of war). >> >> I wonder how the Internet may change as a result of this slow, >> methodical unfolding. And I do think we're embroiled in something >> quite different than the hyperbolic language acts that have been >> occurring since the early 90's. The language acts are precipitating >> the desired result. >> > Sorry for bringing this up again; but seen from your point of view this > sounds like a new cold war. > Hope that theres soon something like a convention for disarmament.. > -- > Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech >
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