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From: rwojcik@bcsaic.UUCP (Rick Wojcik)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: USSR International Computer Club (was: Information on the ICC)
Message-ID: <9861@bcsaic.UUCP>
Date: 30 Jan 89 21:35:48 GMT
References: <10127@well.UUCP> <1315@orion.cf.uci.edu> <810@afit-ab.arpa> <10870@umn-cs.CS.UMN.EDU> <824@afit-ab.arpa> <1560@cps3xx.UUCP> <825@afit-ab.arpa> <1346@orion.cf.uci.edu> <834@afit-ab.arpa>
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In article <834@afit-ab.arpa> wbralick@blackbird.afit.af.mil (William A. Bralick) writes:
>This should give the physical security guys nightmares.  I won't even 
>mention the notion of remotely triggerable viruses, etc.  I wonder how 
>long defense contractors (not to mention the rest of the arpa side 
>of the house) will stay connected once the Soviet Union gets on...

Your concern is well-taken.  But you should bear in mind that plenty of Soviet
spies live in the US and other countries with Usenet access.  The danger
already exists.  And what about the Soviets?  Don't they have something to
fear, too?  After all, we don't have as much access to their society as they
do to ours.  We could probably do far more damage to their computer technology
than they could to us.  They certainly have more to fear from contact with our
ideas.  You do agree with me on this point, don't you?


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