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John Arquilla at ACM writes:
What a pity that senior leaders in the American government and intelligence community have decided to play political football with the alleged Russian hacks of John Podesta's and other Democrats' emails. By using these intrusions to gin up fears about the "integrity" of the electoral process—which is already befouled by the focus on finding and spreading dirt on the opposition—the real story is being neglected. And what is that real story? It is that, despite more than two decades of consistent public warnings that have reached the highest levels of government, cybersecurity throughout much of the world is in a shameful state of unpreparedness.
Take the United States, for example. Since the mid-1990s, there have been approximately 200 cybersecurity bills brought before Congress. Only one has passed, quite recently at that, and it only calls for voluntary information-sharing about cyber incidents. Legislation aside, there have also been several government-sponsored commissions and top-level exercises focused on understanding and illuminating the cyber threat. Each of these has signaled that "the red light is flashing;" that is, American cybersecurity is in very poor shape. Indeed, former cyber czar Richard Clarke and Robert Knake, in their book, Cyber War, list the U.S. as having the poorest cyber defenses among the leading developed countries.
TL;DR: The lesson(s) are: we must improve defenses, better use of strong encryption, and don't wait for government policy to protect you.
Previously:
Obama Orders Sweeping Review of International Hacking Tied to U.S. Elections
How Hackers Broke into John Podesta and Colin Powell's Gmail Accounts
(Score: 2) by VLM on Wednesday December 28 2016, @08:30PM
If I had to hazard a guess, it's that she's spending a lot of time trying to shut up women who've been propositioned by Bill.
My guess is, that boat having long since sailed, she probably doesn't even yell at him about it anymore and they're just non-divorced for political or financial reasons.
Now having said that, Bill is having his way adult young women, some willing, some less so, but at least they're adult women, and Hillary having her own needs, and everyone in the press keeping very quiet about that aspect of her life, obviously she's got relationships going that she perceives she can't talk about in public. My guess is her and Bill tolerate each other because they have the same interest in adult young women. Bill gets the straight ones, Hillary gets the feminists, and maybe they trade switch hitters between each other.
I'm libertarian enough that I don't care, as long as they're willing adults (admittedly Bill isn't very concerned with asking permission so you gotta wonder about Hillary) and frankly I find the idea that she thinks she still needs to cover that stuff up in 2016 is more interesting than what she's actually doing. I suppose when she was trying to run for prez she didn't want to be the first woman and first bi at the same time.
Or maybe its not just that shes into chicks but she has a kink that might be harder to sell, like she only has sex with married middle eastern women like her "aide" Huma or she's really into getting tied up or whipped or something. Maybe she only does black secret service agent men, like that doctor of hers who follows her around and medicates her, maybe he's giving her more injections than we know about, if you know what I mean. I could see a kinkier lifestyle being harder to sell in 2016 than mere lesbianism which is totally accepted, although whatever her story, whatever she's been doing to get off for the last couple decades married to Bill, its gotta come out sometime.
(Score: 4, Funny) by edIII on Thursday December 29 2016, @02:26AM
Dear fucking lord dude, how much do you think about their sex lives? I only ask because you left entire plots for pornographic films starring the two. It was wild, we went from Secretaries of State Teaching Teens to the darker Tie Her Up!
At least you emphasized informed consent, which can help you appeal to more viewers :)
I suspect, you have a series on your hands.
Technically, lunchtime is at any moment. It's just a wave function.