*headdesk* This is exasperating. The debate is about whether cyber weapons are really weapons or whether that’s an inapt metaphor.
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Calling something a weapon is not a metaphor. A cyber bomb is a metaphor. A virus is a metaphor.https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weapon …
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It is if the thing you are calling a weapon is not actually a weapon.
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A computer/network exploit used to injure, defeat, or destroy, is a cyber weapon. Start there. ("cyber" = computers+networks+software)
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There was a good discussion of this issue on
@KimZetter's feed earlier. What's the "weapon?" The vulnerability, exploit, payload?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @seanlawson @cyberwar and
I'm for banning the terms cyber war, cyber weapon, and cyber attack except in special cases. All inaccurate and harm discourse.
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Replying to @drbvaler @seanlawson and
Good luck with that. That horse left the barn when the US stood up CYBERCOMMAND.
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Replying to @cyberwar @seanlawson and
Yet we still haven't seen a death and few coercive incidents. Pretty weak horse, you sure it's alive?
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Replying to @drbvaler @seanlawson and
Pretty sure since there are $billions being spent on cyber weapons. I kind of wrote a book about it. As did Zetter.https://www.amazon.com/Countdown-Zero-Day-Stuxnet-Digital/dp/0770436196/ …
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Replying to @cyberwar @seanlawson and
Raise your hand if you haven't written a book on cyber war. I think everyone in this thread has.
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I haven't. Lots and lots of posts. No book.
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