12 July 2012

Cybersecurity and the intelligence community's nefarious purposes


The issue of cybersecurity makes difficult demands on those of us who wish to understand it. It is not only complex, but growing quickly – more so as the "internetization" of mankind proceeds apace – and as new opportunities for conflict, crime, oppression, and revolution are conceived and executed by states and individuals acting on motivations that are themselves similarly complex, and occasionally even justifiable. Complexity aside, it is an issue that still eludes popular understanding, in part because certain parties do not wish it to be understood.
John Arquilla, the US Naval Postgraduate School professor who coined the term "cyberwarfare" having long sought to educate the public and influence policy-makers.......... 
In this week's interview, he described the unusual vigor with which the US has prosecuted hackers to be "ridiculous", citing missed opportunities and a "poisoning" of the relationship between the state and the hacker community, which might represent missed opportunities. Going further, he proposes that the US government relax any restrictions that might prevent masterful hackers with criminal histories from being recruited by the military and intelligence communities...................

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