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GOP wants you to retaliate against hackers, but should you?
- dmckeon 10y agoA better title might be: GOP platform calls for 'self-defense ("hack back") right' for hacked businesses. edit: the platform language is at the bottom of page 53 of: https://prod-static-ngop-pbl.s3.amazonaws.com/media/documents/DRAFT_12_FINAL[1]-ben_1468872234.pdf https://prod-static-ngop-pbl.s3.amazonaws.com/media/document... Anyone who has experienced a "joe job" will probably agree that this is perhaps one of the worst suggestions about computer security in recent years. Backups, firewalls, and VPNs are defense. Revenge is not defense.