If It's Smart, It's Vulnerable
The megapolitical logic of cyberspace suggests that central command-and-control systems that currently dominate the world’s large-scale infrastructure will have to be replaced by multicentric models of security with distributed capabilities so they cannot be easily captured or blocked by a computer virus.
James Dale Davidson, Lord William Rees-Mogg • The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age
The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
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In the end, the fragile balance of open source—that unlikely blend of personalities and incentives that has driven tech’s innovation engine throughout the 21st century—won’t be upset by the odd state actor, or by malicious spam, or whatever scary new thing The Register is up in arms about tomorrow. It can only be disrupted when the community comes ... See more
Forrest Brazeal • The threat to open source comes from within
The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age
Lord William Rees-Mogg • 1 highlight
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