{"id":97,"date":"2008-06-10T23:19:41","date_gmt":"2008-06-10T23:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hakawitech.wordpress.com\/?p=97"},"modified":"2008-06-10T23:19:41","modified_gmt":"2008-06-10T23:19:41","slug":"beware-your-computer-is-controlled-by-external-forces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/virtualactivism.org\/education\/beware-your-computer-is-controlled-by-external-forces\/","title":{"rendered":"beware, your computer is controlled by external forces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hakawitech.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/06\/eye_words.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-98\" src=\"http:\/\/hakawitech.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/06\/eye_words.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"208\" height=\"192\" \/><\/a>From Tom Dispatch and William Astore: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomdispatch.com\/post\/174940\/william_astore_militarizing_your_cyberspace\" target=\"_blank\">Militarizing your cyberspace<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Working with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Department of Homeland Security, and other governmental agencies, the Air Force&#8217;s stated goal is to gain access to, and control over, any and all networked computers, anywhere on Earth, at a proposed cost to you, the American taxpayer, of $30 billion over the first five years.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&#8230;on May 12th of this year, the Air Force Research Laboratory posted an official &#8220;request for proposal&#8221; seeking contractor bids to begin the push to achieve &#8220;dominant cyber offensive engagement.&#8221; The desired capabilities constitute a disturbing militarization of cyberspace<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&#8230;If that&#8217;s not enough for you, it&#8217;s now proposing a massive $30 billion cyberspace boondoggle, as retired Air Force Lt. 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William Astore writes below, that will, theoretically, provide the Air Force with the ability to fry any computer on Earth.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Need I say more?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Tom Dispatch and William Astore: Militarizing your cyberspace Working with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Department of Homeland Security, and other governmental agencies, the Air Force&#8217;s stated goal is to gain access to, and control over, <a href=\"https:\/\/virtualactivism.org\/education\/beware-your-computer-is-controlled-by-external-forces\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-securityprivacy"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.7 - 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