Digital Pearl Harbour
This (The future of security - Computerworld) article is pretty goddam scary.
Bascially the article argues that software glitches and security holes are only going to get worse, and until a point comes when everything collapses (as in the internet goes offline, banks atm systems go down, countries digital infrastructures fail), governments etc aren't going to take any real action
When the crunch does come, then it's expected that the software and IT industry in general will become regulated, perhaps so heavily regulated that George Orwells vision of Big Brother is almost spot on.
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