• yeather@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Oh boy can’t wait for this to be used maliciously, assuming it hasn’t already.

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      1 year ago

      The botnet was the example of “this” being used maliciously, the government stopped it.

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      1 year ago

      This is minor compared to the extant cyberattack capacity of the US government. It’s a drop in the bucket. No, a fraction of a drop in the bucket.

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          They took it over to shut it down.

          Which I’m fine with, if they had a warrant or court order or something. A real one, not a FISA court. But generally I don’t think they should do that.

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            I mean… you assume they shut it down. They said they did. 50/50 odds they didn’t give it over to the NSA or CIA or something.