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President Trump Relaxes US Cyber-Attacks Rules:
President Trump has signed an order relaxing rules around the use of cyber-weapons, the Wall Street Journal reports.[*]
It is a reversal of guidelines, drawn up under President Obama, which required a large number of federal agencies to be involved in any decision to launch a cyber-attack.
[...] The US administration is under pressure to deal with cyber-threats, amid growing concerns that state-sponsored hacks could hit critical infrastructure.
Prof Alan Woodward, a computer scientist at the University of Surrey, told the BBC: "We are in a era when certain governments are acting aggressively in cyber-space, and that is rightly condemned by governments such as that in the US.
"To respond in kind is not necessarily the way to de-escalate the situation."
He added: "You wouldn't allow a pre-emptive physical attack without thorough analysis and approval at the highest levels, so why would cyber-attacks be any different?"
[*] Paywalled.
Let's hope extreme care is taken to identify the actual source of an attack, rather than the apparent source.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 18 2018, @11:44AM (1 child)
Not the best way, by a long shot, but it will work... like a steamroller.
I have been mixed up with religions since I was brought into this world... and have come to the conclusion that spirituality and religion are two completely different animals.
Religion depends on one observing the inexplicable and arriving at the conclusion that something far greater than they caused this to be ( which is spirituality ) ..... then offer up their own explanation, thereby shanghai-ing that individual just like a phishing scam. I see religion work on people the way I see computer virus spread on networked machines, as it is coded into us since birth to be obedient to authority figures, and all it takes to shanghai a human is to get them to believe that you are an authority figure.
Most of us are so trusting and obedient that this is not a very hard thing to do - at all!
Expert psychological techniques are employed, the same as advertisers use, and things like shunning if one does not fall in line. Most people will go with the flow to avoid confronting the order-giver. So, by and large, they get free reign. Just for dressing up in costume and putting on a show. The Witch Doctor is a great example.
What it takes to break it is flat demonstrating the lies behind religions, and how the control strategy is implemented. Just like showing how a computer virus spreads.
There is much to be learned from spirituality, but there is also much to be sacrificed - uselessly - by listening to others who usually have a vested interest in what you believe.
Hint: Its not your soul they are after... its your WALLET!!!!
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Monday August 20 2018, @12:54PM
Attention: Apple Fanboys!
Calling the cult of Apple acolytes. Please pay attention to this.
Even though the messiah died of pancreatic cancer, the faithful can continue to make yearly pilgrimages to Apple's WWDC.
Every performance optimization is a grate wait lifted from my shoulders.