Re: Open Letter to Uncle Sam

[Rohit Patnaik <quanticle () gmail com>]

Well written.  I should also add that even authoritarian countries treat
their hackers better than the US.  In China, for example, if a kid is caught
hacking, he's given an offer of recruitment by the PLA.  In the US, that
same kid would be hauled off to jail.  Now which country do you think is
going to have a better "cyber command?"

-- Rohit Patnaik

On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 10:18 AM, Iadnah Enoch <iadnah () uplinklounge com>wrote:

> Dear Uncle Sam:
>
> Apparently the United States is having some issues with its “cyber
> command” <http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128574055>effort. This is my way of helping you out 
> and contributing to your so-called
> “home front”. I believe the following dissertation generally reflects the
> current stance of my community in regard to your troubles. When I say
> community I am referring to hackers, the modern alchemists, wizards, and
> artists whose fore-bearers built this great nation of technology you now
> stand and rely upon.
>
> You make everything we are interested in illegal. As a result we are forced
> to be criminals if we want to learn the particular set of survival traits,
> commonly known as hacking. Sure there are “white hats” out there who possess
> the knowledge and skill to stop the types of attacks they, themselves, can
> come up with. They will happily work for you and do whatever you tell them.
> However, while you are sheltered within your own personal paradigmal bubble
> where all the children play nicely, the real world, 2.0 perhaps, awaits you
> outside. Out here in the real world you have been giving us the shaft in
> every way shape and form possible to discourage others from becoming like
> us.
>
> You didn’t want more of us. You didn’t want us to do what we know is right.
> You wanted to use us as a resource or a munition. You make the things we are
> interested in illegal so those of us who chose to learn any way are under
> your theoretical control. We’re legally criminals so we must comply with you
> and do as you like or we will go to jail.
>
> Now that you have exhausted your arsenal of fear, uncertainty, and doubt,
> you’ve come to realize you have some very troubling issues, the least of
> which is that your aging titanic, system of information exchange is at once
> your greatest strength and most needed crutch.
>
> I know you like the *bottom line*, so I’ll state it here in a language you
> can understand: We are pretty angry about how you have treated us over the
> last few decades, especially since September 11 of 2001. You have made our
> culture illegal. Now you want us to help you. You want us to conform to your
> standards and ways of living, thinking, and acting so we can protect you
> from the machinations of foreign minds.
>
> Do you really feel that we have any obligation or incentive to do such a
> thing? It benefits us in no tangible way to help you solve your mess. The
> more time goes on, the less and less we actually need or have any use for
> you.
>
> Is it so hard to approach us with the same respect and dignity you would
> any other nation? After all, while we may not technically own land or have
> an army, we are a force you know must be reckoned with. If you would
> approach us as you do other nations when you are in need perhaps we would
> feel better about exporting our natural resources: the knowledge necessary
> to correctly and securely provide and maintain the infrastructure you use
> for… well, just about everything.
>
> I shall let this writ float along the aether, and perhaps some day, some
> way, it will reach some one who can do simple math.
>
> In parting, I must give you a brief history lesson; a reminder really: This
> war will be no different than every other war waged with wizards.
>
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