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US Air Force wants "full control" of "any and all" computers
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Over at the Wired defense technology blog "Danger Room," Noah Shachtman writes: The Air Force wants a suite of hacker tools, to give it "access" to -- and "full control" of -- any kind of computer there is. And once the info warriors are in, the Air Force wants them to keep tabs on their "adversaries' information infrastructure completely undetected." The government is growing increasingly interested in waging war online. The Air Force recently put together a "Cyberspace Command," with a charter to rule networks the way its fighter jets rule the skies.
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Air Force Aims for 'Full Control' of 'Any and All' Computers
http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/2008/05/air-force-aims-for-full...Noah Shachtman writes on Danger Room: The Air Force wants a suite of hacker tools, to give it "access" to -- and "full control" of -- any kind of computer there is. And once the info warriors are in, the Air Force wants them to keep
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