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Whether Domestic or Foreign hacking is destructive. If hackers are good enough they can bring the US to its knees. Are y'all worried? Why?

Posted - July 8, 2017

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  • 5354
    Not so very much.
    It is a funny thing but here is a situation where privatization is clearly less effective than having the government run things. You need a whole lot of coordination to discover and backtrack hacking to find the actual hacker.  Such coordination is a lot easier for a government department than it would be for a lot of competing private companies who has to be careful about every word they say to each other so they dont accidentally reveal their methods to 'the competition'.
      July 8, 2017 8:48 AM MDT
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  • 113301
    Good. Glad to have you feel that way JakobA. Thank you for your thoughtful and helpful reply. I feel better! :)
      July 9, 2017 4:25 AM MDT
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  • 22891
    i try not to think about it since theres not much i can do about it
      July 8, 2017 2:22 PM MDT
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