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- jjustice, on 05/14/2008, -3/+156Somebody contact Jeff Goldblum - if he can hack an alien computer with a Mac, he can do anything.
- billso, on 05/14/2008, -4/+68Seems like a tall order... pwn ANY computer, regardless of hardware or OS?
- BigManOnCampus, on 05/14/2008, -5/+65According to conspiracy theorists I know, the gov't already has this ability; and they can do it through a standard phone line to a powered-off computer that was left plugged into the wall.
When I stopped laughin.... wait, no, I still haven't stopped laughing at those guys... - inactive, on 05/14/2008, -2/+55I don't understand why the Air Force needs access to my porn collection.
- strafefire, on 05/14/2008, -7/+52OFMG!!! SkyNet!!!
Where's Summer Glau when you need her! - xtrench, on 05/14/2008, -0/+38Bring it on bitches, I've got my windows firewall on!
- schroeder, on 05/14/2008, -2/+37If there was a way for them to gain access to any computer someone else would find the same or similar way to do it. Computers need to be secure from everyone or they are safe from no one.
- Ratteler, on 05/14/2008, -1/+31That's all well and good until the RIAA/MPAA convinces them that We The People are the enemy cause we didn't buy the Soundtrack to "Fantastic Four 2".
- kraemer007, on 05/14/2008, -7/+43Dont do it with software. Get Intel, AMD, and others to make you hardware back doors in the chips. Literally impossible to detect. However once mankind has crossed that threshold, the concept of "trust" is lost forever.
- korvan504521, on 05/14/2008, -3/+34Good ability to have though. Computer warfare is an extremely critical front. Imagine hacking into your enemy's financial centers and destroying their data. It could crash their economy without a single shot being fired.
Or go into their military payroll system and cause widespread revolt by canceling all the pay disbursements to the enlisted.
At the very least being able to infiltrate your enemy's communications is extremely valuable. The pentagon should have entire teams dedicated to studying this and preparing to wage a future computer war. - InetRoadkill, on 05/14/2008, -1/+25What makes you think that this sort of ability will be limited to foreign enemies?
- Matteos, on 05/14/2008, -0/+22Who says they haven't already?
- usafdave, on 05/14/2008, -5/+27Enjoy your freedom of speech.
- Clydesdale, on 05/14/2008, -3/+25Dear Air Force: Good luck with that, tell me how it works out.
- toastgodsupreme, on 05/14/2008, -3/+25So the airforce gets the technology, then some disaffected officer smuggles a copy out and sells it to the highest bidder. Say goodbye to everything.
Plus, this would put the owner (whether it be the US or otherwise) in the position of controlling the world. Basically you could hold other the world economy hostage. - Willravel, on 05/14/2008, -3/+253 letters: PGP.
- bjs3171, on 05/14/2008, -0/+19and here I thought the Air Force, like, flew planes, or something.
- methos75, on 05/14/2008, -9/+26The USAF kickass, you have no idea what your talking about.
- Suricou, on 05/14/2008, -4/+22Very cool in hollywood terms, but I anticipate the DoD will mess up by funding every crackpot idea for a 'cyber' superweapon. The only effective tool I can imagine them making is the one idea I don't see any hint of - a few DDoS-launching systems with high-speed interfaces pluged directly into the intercontinential fibers and configured to be able to spoof traffic from any address range would give them the ability to shut down whatever servers they want, anywhere, instantly, with no possible defence. Just perfect for closing down terrorist websites, propaganda, and embarassing stories of prisoner abuse deemed to be detrimental to national security.
- trolleyfan, on 05/14/2008, -3/+21And as they prepare to deploy their new hacking software...they discover that it's been available all over the web for months, some twelve-year-old in Ohio got it off a torrent, and has been secretly controlling all _their_ computers for weeks now.
Meanwhile, the Linux & Mac users wonder what all the fuss is about, because the software developer who won the bid redefined "any kind of computer there is" to "any kind of Windows computer there is" in order to save costs... - bjornski, on 05/14/2008, -0/+16Ah, the Chinese method.
- dgaspard, on 05/14/2008, -0/+16They'll outsource the project to a microsoft partner. It will only work with windows machines. 2 billion dollars later someone will finally catch on.
- netneutrality, on 05/14/2008, -0/+15And then the hacking software turned out not to be compatible with the newest version of Windows.
- LogicBomB, on 05/14/2008, -1/+17If you have to define your joke, it's not funny.
- SpectralSounds, on 05/14/2008, -1/+14An ass map?
- schroeder, on 05/14/2008, -2/+16Welcome to Earf!
- faskill, on 05/14/2008, -1/+13With how much Phil Zimmerman was harassed and detained you'd think he was a terrorist.
FBI: "YOU CAN"T MAKE SOFTWARE THAT WE ARE UNABLE TO CRACK!!!"
Phil: "I already did." - inactive, on 05/14/2008, -2/+18I am fixing her right now.
- inactive, on 05/14/2008, -2/+14What an idiotic comment.
- bjornski, on 05/14/2008, -2/+14TERRORIST!
- kraemer007, on 05/14/2008, -0/+11Thats what I was thinking. DARPA recently has been working on detection for this in a big way.
- KanedaMGM, on 05/14/2008, -0/+11The Air Force has new Majcom, Cyber Command.
- slochewie, on 05/14/2008, -0/+12I'll let em control my computer if I can take a trip through the Stargate.
- rbk303, on 05/14/2008, -7/+18"The government is growing increasingly interested in waging war online."
That would make hackers the new Jedi. - inactive, on 05/14/2008, -0/+12pretty soon we'll just fight wars by sending each other trick trojan horse greeting card emails
- gwaggy12, on 05/14/2008, -1/+12holy. *****. *****.
- PleaseJustDie, on 05/14/2008, -0/+9http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Force_Cyber_Comma ...
- gwaggy12, on 05/14/2008, -3/+13War At The Speed Of Light
- mvdde, on 05/14/2008, -4/+17I don't see how this fits under the "Air Force". Maybe NSA, FBI, Homeland Security, etc, but Air Force??
- netneutrality, on 05/14/2008, -0/+9They'll sure be annoyed once they find out they can't do it.
If you can control every aspect of the OS and hardware there's nothing they can do to pry it open. At least a computer will never betray you. - sigmaman2, on 05/14/2008, -4/+14Because after the Tailhook scandal, they can't molest female officers anymore.
- jp12380, on 05/14/2008, -0/+9You need to install video active x codec to see this greeting card.
- hadak, on 05/14/2008, -2/+11Is that what keeps poking me in the back? Get off dude, get in line.
- bjornski, on 05/14/2008, -0/+10Huh? Is that a comment on the story, other comments, or did you just decide to announce to us your plans for the day?
- netneutrality, on 05/14/2008, -1/+9Ah... but I'm sure the enemy would have *backups*....
- SpencerMc, on 05/14/2008, -1/+11It seems to me that private citizens have always and likely will always be light years ahead of the government and private industry in terms of "hacking".
- PoSSeSSeDCoW, on 05/14/2008, -3/+11Do not want.
- ngmcs8203, on 05/14/2008, -1/+9Did someone say firesale? Quick somebody get John McClane on the phone!
- bjornski, on 05/14/2008, -0/+8Yeah, because defense computers work SO WELL then they're off-line.
- thunderer, on 05/14/2008, -0/+8You do know those systems are separated from internet access, right?
The real threat of the future is social engineering. Good old-fashioned espionage. There's new technology, but a system based on people will always be easier to break into. -
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