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"But the Pentagon assumed local adversaries wouldn't know how to exploit it, the officials said." Right. Because people in third-world countries are clearly fa
by samdk 17y ago
"But the Pentagon assumed local adversaries wouldn't know how to exploit it, the officials said."
Right. Because people in third-world countries are clearly far too backwards and ignorant to understand anything involving computers or technology.
- notmyname 17y agoThis is the comment in these stories that has irked me the most.
- aaronblohowiak 17y agoIt is just political posturing, not an oversight
- rdtsc 17y agoExactly. I believe that people in third-world countries can be a lot more motivated when it comes to learning and harnessing new technologies, simply because they might have a lot more at stake. Unlike in the past, nowadays it is relatively easy to gain access to technical knowledge. If someone has access to the web and knows enough English they are basically at the same distance from information (=1) as someone in a developed world. All it takes is a lot of time and persistence. So there might be third-world countries but there are no third world people.
- kilian 17y agoWell, you know, seeing how a first world superpower handles computers and technology, I can kind of see where they're coming from ;) Still, incredibly stupid nonetheless.