Obama scares the hell out of everybody with cybersecurity op-ed

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by coconuts2314 • 14 years ago

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tptacek3• 14 years ago

See:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3896492

crazygringo• 14 years ago

Ridiculous linkbait headline. Why not just link to the op-ed in question?

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000087239639044433090457753...

ibejoeb• 14 years ago

Well the first paragraph of the op-ed is:

"Last month I convened an emergency meeting of my cabinet and top homeland security, intelligence and defense officials. Across the country trains had derailed, including one carrying industrial chemicals that exploded into a toxic cloud. Water treatment plants in several states had shut down, contaminating drinking water and causing Americans to fall ill."

It's a sensationalist piece all around.

mtgx• 14 years ago

I find it quite interesting how everytime we're talking about giving more power to the Government, they all seem to get along so well, and they're only arguing about how much power they should get - just more, or a lot more?

va_coder• 14 years ago

slightly offtopic: The user id - coconuts2314 - looks like a bot. Look at all the submissions and only one lame comment. Shouldn't the HN spam algorithms detect this?

tptacek3• 14 years ago

There are a bunch of these. I don't think 'pg cares.

pg• 14 years ago

We ban them when we notice them. It's on my todo list to write some code to do it automatically, but my todo list is long.

coconuts2314• 14 years ago

Not spamming, just don't have much time to spend commenting in the forum...

wwwtyro• 14 years ago

Is there room for decentralization of utilities to address these issues? Solar for electricity, ambient moisture condensation for water, etc? Is the future of utilities centralized or decentralized?

SoftwareMaven• 14 years ago

"Be afraid! (You are so much easier to control that way.)"

I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but the continual push to always have something to be deathly afraid of that the government will protect you from is straining my credulity. An organized conspiracy (ala the "New World Order")? Unlikely. Enough politicians making enough power grabs to simulate that? Apparently.

rsanchez1• 14 years ago

Interesting that this op-ed comes out after his executive order giving him control over telecommunication systems during a national emergency made the rounds around the blogosphere.

Obama scares the hell out of everybody with cybersecurity op-ed

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