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Bringing up the protection of the nuclear arsenal only enforces the fact that an encryption "master key" controlled by the government isn't such a great idea:
by malloci 11y ago
Bringing up the protection of the nuclear arsenal only enforces the fact that an encryption "master key" controlled by the government isn't such a great idea:
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/12/launch-code-for-us-nukes-was-00000000-for-20-years/ http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/12/launch-code-for-u...
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/20427730/ns/us_news-military/t/air-force-official-fired-after-nukes-fly-over-us/#.Vfb0Xbfuf1I http://www.nbcnews.com/id/20427730/ns/us_news-military/t/air...
http://www.aol.com/article/2014/11/03/2-nuclear-commanders-fired-another-disciplined/20988136/ http://www.aol.com/article/2014/11/03/2-nuclear-commanders-f...
http://www.rt.com/usa/usaf-general-drunken-women-moscow-529/ http://www.rt.com/usa/usaf-general-drunken-women-moscow-529/
- avar 11y agoYou left out the worst incident I know of: http://edition.cnn.com/2014/06/12/us/north-carolina-nuclear-bomb-drop/ http://edition.cnn.com/2014/06/12/us/north-carolina-nuclear-... The US was one arming switch away from nuking North Carolina in 1961. This and a bunch of other really scary nuclear-related accidents are covered in Command & Control: http://www.amazon.com/Command-Control-Damascus-Accident-Illusion/dp/0143125788 http://www.amazon.com/Command-Control-Damascus-Accident-Illu...