Republicans hacking Democrats? We'll have to keep a close eye on this - political espionage...
posted by mt at 10:36

Interesting article on "the tipping point" of computer security. Author predicts that a catasrophic event, a perfect storm scenario, will send ripples through the computing world. The article is a bit dramatic, but he makes some interesting points about the impact such an event might have on how we do things.
The future of security - Computerworld: "After the Digital Pearl Harbor, one simple truth will become apparent to everyone: The surest and fastest way to avoid another one, to save lives and to make the world's computer systems secure, is to lock them up, freeze them in a permanent status quo. Put functions into chips that not only won't integrate with other applications but can't. Extensibility in 2010 is a liability, not a feature. "
posted by mt at 09:35