The US Cyber Command was meant to protect the US in general, and the Pentagon in particular, from cyberattacks. In recent months, however, the Pentagon has been unilaterally redefining their posture away from defensive operations toward a focus on aggressive offense.
Officials say that now, the US Cyber Command is conducting nearly daily raids on foreign computer networks, supposedly trying to preempt cyberattacks against the US with attacks of their own. This is not consequence-free, however.
On the one hand, US cyberattacks risk provoking retaliation from targeted nations. After years of the US threatening to retaliate with military strikes over cyberattacks, it’s possible that other nations may feel the same about US attacks. Moreover, in attacking other nations, the US is also infiltrating a number of other countries’ networks incidental to the attacks.
All of this provocative behavior came without any debate at the White House. Officials say that because President Trump had delegated so much authority to military commanders already, the Pentagon was able to transform Cyber Command wholly on their own.
To bad Mr.Ditz isn’t as concerned about the “Persistent Cookies Software” embedded on this forum that allows Disqus to buy,sell,and spy on your devices long after you leave this site. People commenting on this site criticizing the government should really read what the Privacy Policy allows Disqus to do with your information. Mr.Knapp will tell you how to opt out but, I suggest people research what happened to other people who opted out and where still spied on. Can’t be mad at America for spying when, the system you’re using “Disqus “sells the information to governments foreign and domestic for a profit. How about an article about this topic Jason Ditz???
If you want to say something to Mr. Ditz, I believe there’s an email address for him on the masthead. So far as I know, he doesn’t read the comments here.
That said, if he did read the comments here, I doubt he’d fall for your attempts to create hysteria any more than the other commenters here have.
I agree. Jason does a superb job and knows the issues well. Knapp has some worthwhile advice on how to protect oneself from government spying and I am sure it does help.
But in the end I wonder whether we can escape the long arms of the FBI,CIA, NSA and whatever else is deployed out there. The Chinese opt for censorship so one can know to a limited degree what is going on there. But secret spying leaves us all in the dark. Perhaps the only protection is for dissent to be so widespread that it is too great for the government to counter or punish. We have seen even the spies dissenting and defecting and that is certainly a good sign.
That’s comical claiming I’m trying to create hysteria by ,telling people the Truth about the commenting system this site uses that spies on them.That’s like being mad at Edward Snowden you know the guy the people praise on this forum for, telling the people how the NSA spies on them. So lemme get this straight when the government allows its agencies to spy on you it’s a travesty but,when Antiwar allows its commenting system Disqus to spy on the people on this forum it’s no big deal? And by me telling people it’s occurring I’m creating hysteria? Wow….Can anyone say double standard?
Yes, I can say double standard. A double standard would look like this:
Every major commenting system used by nearly every site on the Internet, as well as most other “free” and “freemium” applications, have tracking features like those you describe, and has had for years. People, including Antiwar.com’s readers and Disqus’s members, are more aware of those features lately because Disqus et al. put out notices pursuant to compliance with the EU’s latest batch of Internet laws.
Someone, I won’t say who but he uses ALL CAPS in his name and claims to be everyone’s uncle, keeps pretending that it’s some kind of evil conspiracy on Antiwar.com’s part, but not on the part of every other web site on the Internet.
That’s what a double standard looks like.
I know you’re a lawyer Mr.Knapp but , that was the worst spin I’ve ever heard. The fact of the matter is Anti wars commenting system Disqus spies and sells your users information to foreign governments and companies. DEAL WITH IT.
Disqus tells you exactly what it does, and you’re free to accept that or not use the service. There are also ways around some of its impositions.
No, I’m not a lawyer. But I do know a silly attempt to discredit one site on the basis of the way the whole Internet works when I see it. Fortunately, commenters here 1) aren’t given to blind panic every time someone trolls them and 2) are as capable as users anywhere of deciding how to deal with risks they’re well aware of.
Cookies? srs bro, you’re clueless. lol…cookies.
Military responses would be unlikely. More likely is the acceleration of economic retaliation. Moving away from the dollar and imposing taxes and/or limitations on tech exported to the U.S. is more likely. Unilateralism has a nasty habit of isolating its practitioners…