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Can you provide a reference for your claim that the US government's "ability" to classify hackers is laughable?
by josefresco 12y ago
Can you provide a reference for your claim that the US government's "ability" to classify hackers is laughable?
- balabaster 12y agoLook up anything that Bruce Schneier has written on the subject and correlate it with Government statements on the subject.
- josefresco 12y agoAs Bruce once said" "Hacker" is a mindset and a skill set; what you do with it is a different issue. So what does it matter what the government calls them? The government reaction to a security threat should not depend on the classification.
- kordless 12y ago'Laughable' can be defined as 'absurd'. Absurd things aren't trustworthy. Here's your reference on something that may enable untrustworthy behaviors: https://pdf.yt/d/DvKApeRf6FHiJZ7t/download https://pdf.yt/d/DvKApeRf6FHiJZ7t/download. That's the Executive Order, and within it is a declaration of a 'national emergency' which gives the government sweeping powers to seize assets if they think someone is cyber-enabling anyone. That statement is absurd, and presumably enables untrustworthy behaviors when put into practice.