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- From: "Michael D. Thomas" <mdthomas AT mindspring.com>
- To: "InterNetWorkers" <internetworkers AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
- Subject: Terrorist Attacks Via The Internet?
- Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 23:47:12 -0400
While many have written that spam will all but ruin email in a few months, the
national attention is focused on terrorists attacking via the Internet.
This article refutes the threat quite eloquently. It also includes links to a
lot of the news stories that support the idea of Internet-based terrorist
attacks.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/26134.html
The most provocative passage:
<snip/>
Now, with the current struggle on Capitol Hill to approve Dubya's new Gestapo,
it's essential that the man in the street be frightened and confused by a
torrent of 'news' pointing to incomprehensible threats which only Big Bro has
the knowledge and skill to protect him from.
<snip/>
Here's Declan McCullagh's less biased view:
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-942686.html
So.....
Can a network designed to survive a nuclear war survive Al Qaeda?
Okay, that one was rhetorical.
Some better ones, hopefully (or supply your own):
How does one protect against terrorists via the Internet? Is the real threat
hacking or information sharing?
Seems that this political movement is a dramatic shift towards the
Balkanization of the Internet. How does protecting against said terrorist
attacks change the Internet?
-
Terrorist Attacks Via The Internet?,
Michael D. Thomas, 07/10/2002
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: Terrorist Attacks Via The Internet?, Josep L. Guallar-Esteve, 07/11/2002
- RE: Terrorist Attacks Via The Internet?, A Sprouse, 07/11/2002
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