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Canadian University to Begin Training Hackers

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the learning-from-the-other-side dept.

torok writes "According to an article at The Edmonton Journal, The University of Calgary is going to start teaching select computer science students to write software viruses in a special new disconnected lab. Will Canada be accused of training the world's next generation of cyber-terrorists... or peacekeepers?"

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  1. Re:This mirrors the gun control issue by Stonent1 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Forgot to add this...

    Criminals may own guns, but then again so do the police. So if we follow history, hand to hand combat declined with the invention of the long bow. So how do you fight a man with a bow? You use a better range bow against him.