[Cryptography] Cue the blamestorming

[Kevin W. Wall]

On Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 8:20 AM, ianG <iang at iang.org> wrote:
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>
> Governments start cyberwars, then rush to the people and say they want
> money for cyber defence.  Because, shock, horror, other governments are
> attacking them.
>
> Now, of course, we probably do need government money for cyberdefence.
> But they caused it in the first place.
>
> So letting them in the game, encouraging them, and asking for their help
> is strictly the wrong reward for the wrong behaviour.
>
> Government-backed cyberdefence?  Just say no.

If they really wanted cyber *defense* then I would have less concern.
The evidence is though, that they truly don't seem to want to fund
cyber *defense* at all, but rather cyber *offense*. They just try to sell
it to the public as cyber defense.

-kevin
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