Forwarded from: "Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg (at) netzero.net> Cc: jasonc (at) science.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -- ISN quotes Jason Coombs <jasonc (at) science.org> as saying: >Magic Lantern, Carnivore, DCS 1000/2000, and all these platforms' more = = recent distributed automated progeny courtesy of the coordinated = American response to terrorism should already have positioned Uncle Sam = = to impersonate the entire Internet with the flip of a switch, so the = idea of recycling old 386 boxes into botnets is probably meant to make = people who aren't paying attention believe we're still computing in the = = stone age and nothing really sophisticated will happen for a few more = decades yet so there's nothing to worry about, let the cyber crime spree= begin! > People who talk like this scare the crap out of me. Speaking from a purely network security viewpoint, I cannot help but point out that such cavalier attitudes towards monitoring user traffic almost always leads to a slippery-slope situation in which the consumer becomes victimized without their knowledge, and for me, that is completely unacceptable. And hopefully, it will soon also become illegal. I'm appalled at the attitude that "...since it can be done, it will be done, get over it." Sorry -- we will not go quietly into that dark void. Sure, governments will surreptitiously conduct surveillance on Internet traffic at their discretion (various issue here), but we should never, ever condone idiocy to be perpetrated on the users in the name "The War on Foo". Forget about it. Fail. - - ferg -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.6.3 (Build 3017) wj8DBQFIKod/q1pz9mNUZTMRAlOkAJ4t7JBXui5S/G+0pxEQ31sWKL0k7QCg7Y25 RlIpj6SC9t1yKzTrKejf0wA=3D =3DBG6F -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(at)netzero.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Attend Black Hat USA, August 2-7 in Las Vegas, the world's premier technical event for ICT security experts. Featuring 40 hands-on training courses and 80 Briefings presentations with lots of new content and new tools. Network with 4,000 delegates from 50 nations. Visit product displays by 30 top sponsors in a relaxed setting. http://www.blackhat.com
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