Re:New Snowden Docs Indicate Scope of NSA Preparations for C...
by caycep on Saturday January 17, 2015 @05:30PM
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I agree. The DoD/NSA and other agencies should be developing these capabilities. IT's really the oversight and legal use of weapons against civilians that is the question
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Re:New Snowden Docs Indicate Scope of NSA Preparations for C...
by elwin on Saturday January 17, 2015 @05:49PM
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I suspect that "cyberweapons", like biological weapons, are almost impossible to use in a way that does not harm civilians. Their development is practically certain to lead to use against civilians in a way hard to reconcile with the ideas behind current international law. On the other hand, the idea of fighting a war without harming civilians is a 19th century notion unlikely to survive much longer.