So, I worked in SBIR space for 8 years. SBIR is a government prrogram designed to fund small businesses to do tech research.
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Many topics are "wired." The solicitation is written with a contractor in mind but it has to be opened for competition.
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All this talk of "why couldn't we prevent it or detect it" is a side effect of not even trying, instead funneling money to rich dudes.
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SBIR success stories are few and far between. We have pissed away hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars and gotten no return.
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All of that money could have been used to actually protect our digital infrastructure. Instead it's in white dudes' second homes.
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Here's a typical cybersecurity solicitation from the Air Force from the latest round. What the fuck are they even asking for???pic.twitter.com/0fOUvfnJt7
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"The focus of this research is on reconfiguration in the infrastructure of the application." Why are these English words in this order?
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It minimizes misinterpretations. "Application infrastructure reconfiguration is the research focus" seems efficient, but is easier to twist.
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That's the opposite. It's deliberately vague because they already know who they want to give money to.
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