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Lily Hay Newman reports at Slate that Sony is counter-hacking to keep its leaked files from spreading across torrent sites. According to Recode, Sony is using hundreds of computers in Asia to execute a denial of service attack on sites where its pilfered data is available, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter. Sony used a similar approach in the early 2000s working with an anti-piracy firm called MediaDefender, when illegal file sharing exploded. The firm populated file-sharing networks with decoy files labelled with the names of such popular movies as “Spider-Man,” to entice users to spend hours downloading an empty file. "Using counter-attacks to contain leaks and deal with malicious hackers has been gaining legitimacy," writes Newman. "Some cyber-security experts even feel that the Second Amendment can be interpreted as applying to 'cyber arms'.”
[Ed's Comment: As I understand it, the Second Amendment only applies in the United States or in its territories overseas — it doesn't give Americans the right to bear arms anywhere else in the world.]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 13 2014, @05:14PM
The bill of rights (and other amendments to the constitution) is not considered fundamental to humanity, by the founders or any informed american. The constitution was specifically a founding document to govern the specific citizens of the new country. The Declaration of Independence was a separate document that laid out the reasons for the separation from the rule of Britain including what the founders considered to be certain self-evident and unalienable rights. I think when you refer to something *morally* wrong for any government to do, you may be thinking of these. The bill of rights and amendments to the constitution, and the constitution in general, are not included in these self-evident and unalienable rights that the founders would have considered morally wrong for any government to contravene.
The declaration says, we find these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
While the second amendment to the constitution is considered to be important to many americans, and some may even consider it to be self-evident and inalienable, it's not generally believed by either the founders or leaders today, or the population in general.
Aside from that, I agree with another post above that notes there is a big difference between bearing arms and acting with them, so the reference to the second amendment is not really applicable.
Regarding the editor's statement, [Ed's Comment: As I understand it, the Second Amendment only applies in the United States or in its territories overseas — it doesn't give Americans the right to bear arms anywhere else in the world.]:
Although I agree with you to some extent in your explanatory post in the comments, I'd prefer that you keep your personal politics out of the news section, even when couched in hesitant and ambiguous language such as this.