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"The trade in spyware itself is almost entirely unregulated, to the great frustration of critics." Not for long! "Cyber war technology to be controlled in sam
by throwaway_yy2Di 13y ago
"The trade in spyware itself is almost entirely unregulated, to the great frustration of critics."
Not for long!
"Cyber war technology to be controlled in same way as arms"
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2903d504-5c18-11e3-931e-00144feabdc0.html http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2903d504-5c18-11e3-931e-00144fe...
http://www.exportlawblog.com/archives/5599 http://www.exportlawblog.com/archives/5599
It's so thoughtful of the WaPo to stir up moral panic to push this all forward. Because major powers want to rewrite software law, in a military arms-control framework, in undemocratic and secretive treaty institutions: and yes, the purpose of this is to "protect journalists"; why do you ask?
- sehugg 13y agoI kind of figured where this story was going when I saw the word "regimes" in the headline.
- joe_the_user 13y agoOddly enough, I'm much happier to have nukes confined to a "club" of a few superstates than would be to have "spyware" similarly confined. But the scary thing is how plausible that kind of reasoning sounds.