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+ No Matter Who's Winning the War on General Purpose Computing, You're Losing +
++ If cyberwar were a hockey game, it'd be the end of the first period and + the score would be tied 500-500. All offense, no defense. +
++ Meanwhile, a horrible convergence has occurred as everyone from car + manufacturers to insulin pump makers have adopted the inkjet printer + business model, insisting that only their authorized partners can make + consumables, software and replacement parts -- with the side-effect of + making it a felony to report showstopper, potentially fatal bugs in + technology that we live and die by. +
++ And then there's the FBI and the UK's David Cameron, who've joined in + with the NSA and GCHQ in insisting that everyone must be vulnerable to + Chinese spies and identity thieves and pervert voyeurs so that the spy + agencies will always be able to spy on everyone and everything, everywhere. +
++ It's been fifteen years since the copyright wars kicked off, and we're + still treating the Internet as a glorified video-on-demand service -- + when we're not treating it as a more perfect pornography distribution + system, or a jihadi recruitment tool. +
++ It's all of those -- and more. Because it's the nervous system of the + 21st century. We've got to stop treating it like a political football. +
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