A New Spin On Chinese Take-Out
If you think battling all the viruses, trojans, malware, and other perpetrators in the internet world is tough enough, imagine trying to defend against someone with a passkey to your backdoor.
Virtually everything used on a daily basis is computerized and networked. The latest gadgets, alarm clocks, appliances, houses, cars, and virtually everything else we use for entertainment or work, are computerized and inter-connected.
Imagine a nefarious entity, such as Austin Powers' Dr. Evil, who intends to control the world and force his way of life on the rest of us. What if Dr. Evil covertly, over time, gained control of the manufacture of technology by replicating creations throughout the world and selling them at a fraction of the price, thanks to lower labor costs and a willingness to take a short term loss to gain long term control of the market? What if Dr. Evil succeeded in not only becoming the manufacturer of a majority of all electronics produced in the world including military equipment, but to the extent that virtually everything electronic had some component of his design? Worse yet would be if Dr. Evil embedded secret logic into each device providing him the ability to gain access to and control it. Such a diabolical plan could cause overwhelming damage.
According to an article published today on the WND Web site, a February presentation made at a conference in Dubai by officials with the Chinese firm Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., reveals that the concept is quite possibly a real and present danger. Considering Huawei's reported close association with the Chinese People's Liberation Army, it would appear that Dr. Evil is none other than our supposed ally, China.
China tech company brags: We hacked U.S. telecoms
http://www.wnd.com/2012/06/china-tech-company-admits-hacking-u-s-telecoms/
So think about that the next time your alarm clock lets you oversleep, your coffee maker ruins the morning pot, or you come home to find lights on you don't recall leaving that way.
Sadly a label claiming "Made in the U.S.A." only requires that 75% of the manufacturing cost be spent in America, not that it won't contain any foreign made components. Essentially, choosing to be connected eliminates the prospects of protection.
Maybe it's time to quit worrying about Big Brother and start worrying about Dr. Evil?
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Virtually everything used on a daily basis is computerized and networked. The latest gadgets, alarm clocks, appliances, houses, cars, and virtually everything else we use for entertainment or work, are computerized and inter-connected.
Imagine a nefarious entity, such as Austin Powers' Dr. Evil, who intends to control the world and force his way of life on the rest of us. What if Dr. Evil covertly, over time, gained control of the manufacture of technology by replicating creations throughout the world and selling them at a fraction of the price, thanks to lower labor costs and a willingness to take a short term loss to gain long term control of the market? What if Dr. Evil succeeded in not only becoming the manufacturer of a majority of all electronics produced in the world including military equipment, but to the extent that virtually everything electronic had some component of his design? Worse yet would be if Dr. Evil embedded secret logic into each device providing him the ability to gain access to and control it. Such a diabolical plan could cause overwhelming damage.
According to an article published today on the WND Web site, a February presentation made at a conference in Dubai by officials with the Chinese firm Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., reveals that the concept is quite possibly a real and present danger. Considering Huawei's reported close association with the Chinese People's Liberation Army, it would appear that Dr. Evil is none other than our supposed ally, China.
China tech company brags: We hacked U.S. telecoms
http://www.wnd.com/2012/06/china-tech-company-admits-hacking-u-s-telecoms/
So think about that the next time your alarm clock lets you oversleep, your coffee maker ruins the morning pot, or you come home to find lights on you don't recall leaving that way.
Sadly a label claiming "Made in the U.S.A." only requires that 75% of the manufacturing cost be spent in America, not that it won't contain any foreign made components. Essentially, choosing to be connected eliminates the prospects of protection.
Maybe it's time to quit worrying about Big Brother and start worrying about Dr. Evil?
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