Re: predictions

[Dan Kaminsky <dan () doxpara com>]

On Jan 15, 2010, at 8:33 PM, "Larry Seltzer" <larry () larryseltzer com>  
wrote:

> > > Major corporations under attack?  Of course. Chinese hackers?  Sure,
> why not.  Consequences?  Against a state interest?  With the Secretary
> of State of the United States of America backing up those  
> consequences?
>
> I'm fairly certain that the US government won't seriously  
> inconvenience
> itself on behalf of Google or any human rights activists as a result  
> of
> this. They would much prefer not even to have had to make a  
> statement of
> support for Google

But they did. Didn't see that coming.


> What if Google actually follows through on their no-censorship threat?

They did. Google.cn dropped the censorship.

> The Chinese can't let them get away with it, so I have to think Google
> will at least lose some business there. That's a consequence. But  
> plenty
> of other companies will take their place.

All the more interesting things went down like this.

> Larry Seltzer
> Contributing Editor, PC Magazine
> larry_seltzer () ziffdavis com
> http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/
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