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Originally Posted by speakingtohe
IMO the article was written with the intention of exploiting existing paranoia among the ebook reading community, expecially those who acquire their books legally.
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Mine too. Everyone who actually reads the
National Bureau of Asian Studies report, linked previously in this thread, will know that the controversial page 81 quote is about large scale attempts to hack into government and corporate networks, not eBooks.
For those who don't want to take the time to read the report, the New York Times has a reasonable non-paranoid summary:
As Chinese Leader’s Visit Nears, U.S. Is Urged to Allow Counterattacks on Hackers
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With President Obama preparing for a first meeting with China’s new president, a commission led by two former senior officials in his administration will recommend a series of steps that could significantly raise the cost to China of the theft of American industrial secrets. If milder measures failed, the commission said, the United States should consider giving companies the right to retaliate against cyberattackers with counterstrikes of their own.
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