On 01/31/2013 08:04 AM, Alex Comninos wrote: > Political science generally defines war as over 1,000 casualties per > year as a result of political conflict. Being a political scientist, I > find cyberwar meaningless. Perhaps information conflict is a better > term? The word "war" also generates fear, and state response, as well > as extraordinary measures to deal with it, which are not always nice > (think PATRIOT Act and NDAA 1021). Using the word war can escalate > conflict. So lets rather not use it. > > Thanks for initating this discussion. > -- > Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech >
I think a Cyberwar would be more like something that took place during the Cold War: a whole bunch of aggressive actions that countries took against each other and no real fighting really occurred. -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
