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Seeing the Internet As an 'information Weapon'
The United States and other world powers have agreed to arms control measures in recent years that limit the deployment and use of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons, as well as tanks and other artillery pieces.
So why is there no arms control measure that would apply to the use of cyberweapons?
It is not for lack of attention to the issue. Government and military leaders around the world have warned that the next world war is likely to be fought at least partly in cyberspace, and cyber "disarmament" discussions have been under way at the United Nations for more than a decade and more recently at the International Telecommunications Union, the leading U.N. agency for information technology issues.
The problem is that governments have widely varying ideas of what constitutes a "cyberweapon"—and what a "cyberwar" might look like.
From National Public Radio
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