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I do. Not only the timing of the Patriot Act expiration but also the recent NY Times/Snowden story (in which the government specifically cited state-sponsored c
by logn 11y ago
I do. Not only the timing of the Patriot Act expiration but also the recent NY Times/Snowden story (in which the government specifically cited state-sponsored cyber attacks as justification for mass surveillance). I read somewhere the actual breach was detected a month or two ago, so it doesn't seem that unreasonable they planned the announcement to coincide with the NY Times story and/or the Patriot Act end date.
Also on all the cyber crimes I have a hard time believing anything. Definitely China's attacking us and we're attacking them, but on specific instances, we're never shown any proof at all. What are we to believe? And then I hear people asking about when a cyber attack constitutes an act of war. My god, I hope we don't go to war again on evidence that is unverified. And hopefully the media learned to be more skeptical of government claims after that whole Iraq WMD story, but it doesn't seem like it.