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Is Cyberwarfare Fiction?
An anonymous reader writes "In response to calls by Russia and the UN for a 'cyberwarfare arms limitation treaty,' this article explains that 'cyberwar' and 'cyberweapons' are fiction. The conflicts between nation states in cyberspace are nothing like warfare, and the tools hackers use are nothing like weapons. Putting 'cyber' in front of something is just a way for people to grasp technical concepts. The analogies quickly break down, and are useless when taken too far (such as a 'cyber disarmament treaty').'"
'Think of the cyberchildren.' that and the cybercitizens who elect cybersenators...
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Dick Cheney for one. The only real hearts he has are the ones hes eaten.
I am very offended by this remark. Dick Cheney has never eaten a human heart. He's cut them out, certainly, but the only hearts he's eaten are puppy hearts.
Please retract your statement.
This ain't rocket surgery.
But that was just possible because the Soviets were stupid enough to use something that was created in the western world. We'd never be so stupid to use electronics made in... oh... umm... well...
Next question?
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
Hmm... an incoherent, constantly squabbling group of people who spend more time fighting amongst themselves than getting their act together and working for the common goal, self absorbed and hardly in touch with reality, dreaming up pipe dreams of greatness while at the same time accomplishing nothing...
Call me a conspiration crackpot, but could it be that they're sitting in congress?
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
No matter how ridiculous it sounds, we should do our best to keep up the whole "cyber-war", "cyber-weapons", "cyber-attack" theme.
That way, we can invoke the Second Amendment when the government tries to restrict strong encryption, copyright circumvention software or whatever other "cyber-weapons" they find threatening. Sorry Feds, you were the ones that started this whole theme about electronics and software being "weapons", and as such, you have no power to restrict the citizens from owning them.