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applecorped
26th May 2009, 03:35 PM
I have no idea who should fill this post but I suspect some of you do.

Do you think this will positively/negatively effect E-Commerce?

I can see a positive effect if cyber-fraud and identity theft are diminished.
applecorped
26th May 2009, 03:36 PM
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/25/AR2009052502104.html
theprestige
26th May 2009, 06:01 PM
Who Should be Cyber Czar?

Me.

How will this effect E-Commerce?

Substantially.
INRM
26th May 2009, 06:04 PM
This is way too broad...

Look, I understand defending government computers and stuff, but this stuff is way too broad and I think it would inevitably be royally abused for the government. It could be used as a tool of censorship and who knows what else...

INRM
drkitten
26th May 2009, 06:46 PM
Look, I understand defending government computers and stuff, but this stuff is way too broad and I think it would inevitably be royally abused for the government. It could be used as a tool of censorship and who knows what else...

Because it's absolutely critical to national security that I be able to run botnets on your grandmother's home system?
GreyICE
27th May 2009, 11:56 AM
This is way too broad...

Look, I understand defending government computers and stuff, but this stuff is way too broad and I think it would inevitably be royally abused for the government. It could be used as a tool of censorship and who knows what else...

INRM You're like the boy who cried wolf. One of these times you might be right, but no one will care because they've listened to your cries too long.

Now is not your time.
theprestige
27th May 2009, 12:45 PM
You're like the boy who cried wolf. One of these times you might be right, but no one will care because they've listened to your cries too long.
Actually, I don't think INRM will ever be right. He's more like the boy who cried "werewolf". One of these days, a real wolf might come along, and the real wolf experts will report all kinds of real wolf warning signs, and INRM will insist that this is the mythical, fantastic creature he's been warning us about all this time.
INRM
28th May 2009, 08:07 AM
ThePrestige,

I don't believe in werewolves...
theprestige
28th May 2009, 09:50 AM
ThePrestige,

I don't believe in werewolves...
I disagree. Pretty much every concern you've expressed in these forums is essentially a "werewolf": A fantastical exaggeration of a real concern, endowed with supernatural powers and depicted as a boogeyman suitable for frightening children.

There are real wolves out there, and real sheep for them to prey on. But while real shepherds with real sheepdogs are doing the best they can to keep the real wolves at bay, you keep ranting about werewolves and pleading for a silver bullet to stop them.
Klimax
29th May 2009, 06:20 AM
Actually, I don't think INRM will ever be right. He's more like the boy who cried "werewolf". One of these days, a real wolf might come along, and the real wolf experts will report all kinds of real wolf warning signs, and INRM will insist that this is the mythical, fantastic creature he's been warning us about all this time.

Well,he may claim it was not "werewolf",but they "were wolfs".