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Air Force Aims for Control of 'Any and All' Computers
Noah Shachtman on Wired.com's Danger Room reports that Monday, the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson AFB introduced a two-year, $11 million effort to put together hardware and software tools for 'Dominant Cyber Offensive Engagement.' 'Of interest are any and all techniques to enable user and/or root level access,' a request for proposals notes, 'to both fixed (PC) or mobile computing platforms ... any and all operating systems, patch levels, applications and hardware.' This isn't just some computer science study, mind you; 'research efforts under this program are expected to result in complete functional capabilities.' The Air Force has already announced their desire to manage an offensive BotNet, comprised of unwitting participatory computers. How long before they slip a root kit on you?
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Imagine an AirWolf cluster of these......
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it would be unethical!
This space available.
not to click on the DonaldRumsfeldNude.mpg.exe attachment in my inbox.
Monstar L
My tech against your bloated, slow, government developed software.
Bring it, bitch. I just wish you wouldn't blow my tax dollars in the process.
I love your "pony" comment. A couple of months ago, I was on a conference call with a client, a large defense contractor whose name sounds like it might refer to a hole in the ground where sweet, sticky bee-made syrup comes from, and I used that line. They said, "We would like to see X and Y done by Z date," and I said, "I understand, and similarly, I would very much like a pony."
My boss called me two seconds after the conf call ended. Since I saw the caller ID, I knew what was coming, and I answered the phone, "Was that inappropriate?" "Yes," was the answer, "but very funny. Don't do it again."
The CB App. What's your 20?
Good luck hacking my laptop. It runs BeOS.
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"Soft-kill" would mean destroying you computer and therefor rendering you ineffective. "Hard-kill" would mean shooting you in the face and therefor rendering you dead.
Hollow words will burn and hollow men will burn.
Time to set up my boxes to reboot every day from LiveCDs. That'll show 'em. :-)
Mainframe/UNIX Bit Twiddler and long time Windows/Linux Hobbyist.
The Theorem Theorem: If If, Then Then.
You must be new here, there are no exploits in OSX.
And, on top of that, you know it'll end up on bash.org.
Microsoft it notorious (among those who actually deal with them) for refusing to bend to the government's will when it comes to contracts.
I have a C64 connected to the internet. Have at it.
Starts up fifteen minutes late, reads your e-mail, browses cnn.com, then takes the rest of the day off for "training."
What?
What did you connect it with - a rope?
Excuse me, but please get off my Pennisetum Clandestinum, eh!
US gov: We want a backdoor in all of your operating systems.
Microsoft: How deep would you like this backdoor? There are some existing features that could seamlessly integrate the functionality you want, we could roll it out as a critical update.
Apple: We can make an awesome GUI for that! With multitouch! And widgets!
Linux community: NO WAY IN HE...hey don't touch that! Somebody stop those guys!
"When information is power, privacy is freedom" - Jah-Wren Ryel
My computers have flat feet, except one that has casters. The one with casters has a Windows partition though, so it conscientiously objects a lot.
Or...
"A communications disruption can mean only one thing... invasion!"
Sorry... couldn't resist.
Yeah. Aren't those the guys that invaded Iraq or something? Heard something about it on Fox I think.
Th!5 b0x pwn3d bY th3 UnIt3d St4t3s 4iR F0rc3.
/TerroristFiles/
box# chmod * 777
box# rm -rf
They aren't buying your machine, they're drafting it.
[insert witty quote here]
The Air Force's notion of a covert op is bombing someone using a stealth bomber.
Oh ye of little clue.