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Hmm. That would imply that it's not just a fairness problem or a copyright politics problem, but a national security problem.
by bunderbunder 7y ago
Hmm. That would imply that it's not just a fairness problem or a copyright politics problem, but a national security problem.
- c0vfefe 7y agoThe downside to computerizing & networking everything is the multitude of vulnerabilities you open.
- asdff 7y agoIf left on the open internet and not an intranet.
- c0vfefe 7y agoAll networks have vulnerabilities, regardless if they're connected to the internet.
- bunderbunder 7y agoThere's that angle, yeah, but it's the creation of a single point of failure that I was thinking about. And not even in all that tech-centric a way. My hometown used to make a sizable chunk of the US's fasteners, and there was real concern during the Cold War that dropping a single bomb on it could cripple the entire nation's industrial capacity. Here, it seems like there may be an unacceptable strategic risk that a bomb dropped on Moline, Illinois could cripple the entire nation's food production capacity.