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When are we going to wake up and understand Western companies need state help to deal with state actors? This isn't script kiddie stuff, it's other countries wi
by jorblumesea 8y ago
When are we going to wake up and understand Western companies need state help to deal with state actors? This isn't script kiddie stuff, it's other countries with billions of dollars in backing, built to tear apart our infrastructure, steal IP and gain a competitive global advantage.
The idea that FB or any Western company can stand against tens of thousands of Chinese engineers with almost unlimited budget is absurd. As much as the government and government interference is maligned in tech, we need to start considering a serious public/private cybersecurity partnership.
- komali2 8y agoI am of the opinion that our ruling class is simply too old to comprehend the importance of this issue. This is ageism, but I can't think my way around it. The questions the Legislative body were asking the tech companies were so bad, and that's presumably after they'd been briefed by whatever experts worked for them. Executive branch: "As far as the cyber, I agree to parts of what Secretary Clinton said." FCC: "The thousands of dead people responding to our public request for comment is fake news. Also, it was a hack. But we weren't hacked." Justice Samuel Alito on how cell phones can have huge storage capacity: "What if the person had on his person a compact disk?" Justice Anthony Kennedy on what happens when you get a text, while sending one: "Does it say: 'Your call is important to us, and we will get back to you?'"
- 908087 8y agoIs Facebook going to foot the bill?
- gaius 8y agoWestern companies need state help Imagine you are GCHQ or the NSA. You discover a 0-day. Do you a) make sure your own citizens and allies are patched ASAP or b) keep it quiet so you can use it yourself, perhaps on said citizens?