Countries armed with "cyberweapons," according to McAfee.(Credit: McAfee)
THE INTERNET has produced a vast expansion of free speech and access to information around the world. But for China and Russia, it has also become a means for waging a covert war against other nations, including the United States -- a brazen effort to steal secrets and plant malware. For those countries and for a host of other authoritarian regimes, Internet freedom is a threat, to be countered by censorship, the imprisonment of bloggers and domestic spying.
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The Internet War -- An Editorial From The Washington Post
THE INTERNET has produced a vast expansion of free speech and access to information around the world. But for China and Russia, it has also become a means for waging a covert war against other nations, including the United States -- a brazen effort to steal secrets and plant malware. For those countries and for a host of other authoritarian regimes, Internet freedom is a threat, to be countered by censorship, the imprisonment of bloggers and domestic spying.
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THE INTERNET has produced a vast expansion of free speech and access to information around the world. But for China and Russia, it has also become a means for waging a covert war against other nations, including the United States -- a brazen effort to steal secrets and plant malware. For those countries and for a host of other authoritarian regimes, Internet freedom is a threat, to be countered by censorship, the imprisonment of bloggers and domestic spying.
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Update: China Ups the Ante in Internet Row With U.S. -- Wall Street Journal editorial
My Comment: Two must read editorials on how both Russia and China are now using the world wide web to target us.
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Update: China Ups the Ante in Internet Row With U.S. -- Wall Street Journal editorial
My Comment: Two must read editorials on how both Russia and China are now using the world wide web to target us.