Always looking for a fast free buck on the back and at the expense of others is an Achilles Heel
The persistent resident problem is that governments are loathe to engage with blinding solutions from others they do not have command and control of, fronting for information of which they have no direct experienced knowledge and with zero available access to the key vital proprietary intellectual property of the blinding solutions held privately by others, with that being deliberately intentional by advanced intelligent design ..... for some at least have learned valuable future lessons from far too many to mention, regrettable events of the past.
Put a greedy ignorant gorb in a sweet shop with a free run of the place and you'll perfectly understand the need to ensure the premises and stock are always securely guarded with everything protected by especial locks and keys.
It is not so much a Mexican standoff, with no winners or losers, but much more a case of Establishments always playing catch up and paying dearly for that which privately remotely leads them to publicly slush fund novel exercises best kept Classified COSMIC Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information and certainly off the books. Which whenever one thinks and concludes it quite perfect for something so new and disturbing today, is maybe some comfort, being as how that must be so familiar as a default protocol with regards to old style shenanigans that were run in the past.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
