Hi Ron, <<And that's what Echelon is all about. Knowing who is doing what, to whom>>
Only works for the major languages, not the minor dialects, spoken by folks most likely to be using you know what, else they mostly communicate in regular chit chat. Recent capital punishment case illuminate the ease of havoc.
Echelon is no longer of any value against current generation encryption technology for messages that matter.
<<The problem with biological warfare .... own back yard>>
This is probably not going to be an obstacle for the true believers.
<<Cyberwarfare ... we're just not light years ahead of defending against it>>
You are correct that the US is the most vulnerable and the DNS lookup servers locations are mostly, if not all, known, bullseyes for germs and fertilizer bombs.
Friends come and go, enemies accumulate. When minority groups are treated fairly, wherever they may be, and the process in whole is democratic, there would be less worries on defense. To sum, deadlier than ever attacks is easier than ever.
For example, I am anticipating a change of tactics by the IRA in Northern Ireland soon.
Chugs, Jay |
