Hacks Raise Fear Over N.S.A.’s Hold on Cyberweapons

Re:Hacks Raise Fear Over N.S.A.’s Hold on Cyberweapons by jessespears on Thursday June 29, 2017 @10:45AM (#14663707)

This would take an extraordinary departure from our current politics. Government intruding on software would (rightly) cause cries from the most stalwart Free Software advocates and from proprietary software companies.

Can you imagine the outcry if a new Linux fork had to seek government approval in order to post their distribution?

Can you expect Google or Oracle to fail to lobby the government to make sure they don't have to get each major revision certified?

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Re:Hacks Raise Fear Over N.S.A.’s Hold on Cyberweapons by floatboth on Thursday June 29, 2017 @11:58AM (#14664284)

Not in order to post their distribution! Approval for usage in critical infrastructure.

Critical infrastructure, IMO, should:

- not use general purpose operating systems

- maybe not use general purpose computers (just build custom FPGA logic to control power grids and stuff)

- not use internet connected computers

- maybe not use computers at all when possible

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