Re: Am exceptionally clear and accurate appraisal
Also, the more advanced a country is, the more it depends on IT, the more vulnerable it is to cyber-attack. Making tech more secure is a tide that lifts all boats, but it lifts "our" boats higher. Demanding backdoors, keeping exploits secret and unfixed, all this sort of shenanigans, it harms "us" more than it harms "them". Figuring out a way to make things more secure for everyone isn't just good engineering; it's good strategy too.
(scare quotes because I'm well aware of how poorly defined "us" and "them" is in this age)
Biting the hand that feeds IT
