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Obama Agrees with Snowden on a Need for Strong Cyber Defense

posted by LaminatorX on Wednesday January 14 2015, @04:22AM   Printer-friendly
from the firewall-of-tubes dept.

MorbidBBQ writes:

Obama's statement on Cyber Defense; days after Edward Snowden says we should focus on Cyber Defense instead of Offense.

NPR- Obama: If we're going to be connected, then we need to be protected

President Obama said Monday he wants the federal government to do more to prevent cyber attacks. He outlined a series of proposals designed to safeguard personal data — steps he'll talk more about in next week's State of the Union address.

"Dozens of software companies have already signed a voluntary pledge not to misuse students' data. But some in the industry worry that a new federal law would go too far."

Snowden's interview Transcript
Snowden: "DES was actually stronger than we thought it was at the time because the NSA had secretly manipulated the standard to make it stronger back in the day, which was weird, but that shows the difference in thinking between the ’80s and the ’90s."

 
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  • (Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 14 2015, @07:58AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 14 2015, @07:58AM (#134658)

    So tomorrow I can expect Fox News to start talking about how our "cyber defenses" are already too strong and need to be weakened, right?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 14 2015, @08:21AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 14 2015, @08:21AM (#134662)

    I am no expert, but I would expect them to call Obama a coward for emphasizing defense rather than pre-emptively cyber-attacking the

    • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 14 2015, @01:38PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 14 2015, @01:38PM (#134732)

      I am no expert, but I would expect them to call Obama a coward for emphasizing defense rather than pre-emptively cyber-attacking the

      Seems you got pre-emptively cyber-attacked before you could finish your