Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Winning (and Losing) the First Wired War

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the distributed-tactics dept.

Noah Shachtman writes "The Iraq war was launched on a theory: That, with the right networking gear, American armed forces could control a country with a fraction of the troops ordinarily needed. But that equipment never made it down to the front lines, David Axe (just back from his 6th trip to Iraq) and I note in this month's Popular Science. That's a problem, because the insurgents are using throwaway cellphones and anonymous e-mail accounts to stitch together a network of their own."

2 of 396 comments (clear)

  1. wired war by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Cellphones are wired now?

    Jeez I must have an uber fancy one then...

  2. there's a clear solution by yagu · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you've been reading the recent slashdot articles, and seen the decisive actions governments are considering, it's only a matter of time before these terrorists are reined in. All they need to do is quickly enact legislation that, among other things:

    • requires all throwaway cellphones to be registered with the government
    • outlaw anonymous e-mail accounts
    • (and, from recent article) require all terrorists to register and provide any and all encryption keys
    • (and, also from recent article) prohibit terrorists from using and having access to any network tools.

    Sheeesh, how simple can this be?