So, Sony caved in (according to Rob Lowe) and demonstrated that America lost its first cyberwar -(According -to Newt Gingrich). It should not surprise anyone, when the +(according +to Newt Gingrich). It should not surprise anyone, after the whistle blower Edward Snowden documented that the government of USA -for many years have done their best to make sure the technology used -by its citizens is filled with security holes allowing the secret -services to spy on its own population. No one in their right minds -could believe that the ability to snoop on the people all over the -globe only could be used by the personnel authorized to do so by the -president of the United States of America. If the capabilities are -there, it will be used by friend and foe alike, and now it has been -used to bring Sony on its knees.
+and their allies for many years have done their best to make sure the +technology used by its citizens is filled with security holes allowing +the secret services to spy on its own population. No one in their +right minds could believe that the ability to snoop on the people all +over the globe could only be used by the personnel authorized to do so +by the president of the United States of America. If the capabilities +are there, they will be used by friend and foe alike, and now they are +being used to bring Sony on its knees. -I doubt it will a lesson learned, and expect USA to loose its next +
I doubt it will a lesson learned, and expect USA to lose its next cyber war too, given how eager the western intelligence communities (and probably the non-western too, but it is less in the news) seem to be to continue its current dragnet surveillance practice.