Blue Security Gives up the Fight

bblboy54 writes "According to The Washington Post, Blue Security has closed its doors, which can be confirmed by the Blue Security application failing to work today and their domain no longer resolving. Blue Security's CEO is quoted in the article: "It's clear to us that [quitting] would be the only thing to prevent a full-scale cyber-war that we just don't have the authority to start," Reshef said. "Our users never signed up for this kind of thing." You have to wonder where it goes from here. It seems an effective method has been found but more than a small private company could handle. Will someone else adapt this concept, or does the internet world give up?"

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Third Choice?

[Whiney Mac Fanboy]

Will someone else adapt this concept, or does the internet world give up?

How about a third choice - will the internet world try a different method that doesn't involve vigilantism? (and the inevitable chaos that follows a war)

Slightly Offtopic: My email (whineymacfanboy@gmail.com) is in clear text on /. (not hiding behind childish obfuscation), yet I only get one Spam per week that actually makes it into my inbox! I know the flip side of the spam problem is bandwidth wastage, but anyone who's still getting spam in their inbox should install some nice filtering software.

Completely Offtopic: Has anyone else noticed the "Compare prices on YRO Products" link in the "Related links" sidebar? WTF is a YRO product?

Re:Theology

[SatanicPuppy]

Yes indeed, if you correct your child, then you have a point. If you'll reread my above post, you'll find that I have no problem with god correcting someone's misunderstandings.

My problem is with people who think they understand god's mind better than god does. Who are they to judge? Are they not mortal and falliable? In their own minds, the answer is clearly no, which is all kinds of pride and hubris.

(Sorry for the OT thread hijack, but I've got Karma to burn, and I don't feel like letting this one pass)