WASHINGTON — More than 30 high-tech companies, led by Microsoft and Facebook, announced a set of principles on Tuesday that included a declaration that they would not help any government — including that of the United States — mount cyberattacks against “innocent civilians and enterprises from anywhere,” reflecting Silicon Valley’s effort to separate itself from government cyberwarfare.
The principles, which have been circulating among senior executives in the tech industry for weeks, also commit the companies to come to the aid of any nation on the receiving end of such attacks, whether the motive for the attack is “criminal or geopolitical.” Although the list of firms agreeing to the accord is lengthy, several companies have declined to sign on at least for now, including Google, Apple and Amazon.
Perhaps as important, none of the signers come from the countries viewed as most responsible for what Brad Smith, Microsoft’s president, called in an interview “the devastating attacks of the past year.” Those came chiefly from Russia, North Korea, Iran and, to a lesser degree, China.
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WNU Editor: I am old enough to remember when U.S. companies were eager to assist the U.S. government in fighting the country's enemies. It appears for some .... that is no longer the case.
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6 comments:
I'll take that to mean that they won't defend against it either. Even Ma Bell didn't stink this bad. Despicable beyond (polite) words.
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Of course this could all be a ruse.Behind the scenes we don't know exactly who does what and how.Also the definition of aid can easily be expanded depending on what the feds need.
What a giant heap of BS , i hope no one is naive enough to think that these companies (or all US tech for that matters) are not in bed with the US intelligence . its long past for this posturing of "oh the public good" . This a PR stunt to try to repair the damage that the Facebook scandal has caused , it will not work .
your evidence this is a stunt by all of them?
The full list is at CNET
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