Re: A thought
> "...does that mean they can be shot out of hand as spies?"
This same logic could be applied to a lot of "home front" people employed by the war effort but not actually enlisted. Munitions assembly, for instance. Their efforts in aggregate can amount to a big assist to their military and much of what they build and do is used to directly harm an enemy, yet they are not considered combatants like spies are.
Now we are told that IT people are to be separated out into a new vulnerable class, basically no different than spies. Why dump on IT workers and not all the others? They are just doing their part. They don't order their work to be deployed against an enemy; The uniformed brass does that. Sounds like this policy was devised by a clueless nimrod.
But perhaps what is meant are 3rd party hackers who just jump in uninvited?
Biting the hand that feeds IT
