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It's interesting how Tony Abbott, the former Australian prime minister, was genuinely interested in understanding the technology behind the hack. It reminded m
by 0898 4y ago
It's interesting how Tony Abbott, the former Australian prime minister, was genuinely interested in understanding the technology behind the hack.
It reminded me of a nice anecdote from Chris Miller's book Chip War.
When former Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull was deciding whether to ban Huawei from the country's 5G network, he "bought himself a 474-page-book titled a Comprehensive Guide to 5G Security to study the topic so that he could ask better questions of his tech experts."
Nice to see politicians getting into infosec, I guess?
- thinkingemote 4y agoAdditionally (but not the main thing here) being interested in other people and their story is also a sign of manners and charisma often found in person in the leaders and bosses of the world which many find surprising when they meet them.
- bierjunge 4y agoOr hackers going into politics like Beto O'Rourke [0] aka Psychedelic Warlord, (former?) member of Cult of the Dead Cow [1]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beto_O%27Rourke https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beto_O%27Rourke [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_of_the_Dead_Cow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_of_the_Dead_Cow
- ThePowerOfFuet 4y agoWow. I had no idea!