Re: Water Utility SCADA 'Attack': The, um, washout

[Owen DeLong <owen () delong com>]

On Nov 28, 2011, at 2:40 AM, Dobbins, Roland wrote:

> On Nov 28, 2011, at 5:31 PM, Owen DeLong wrote:
>
> > Making it harder to spread misinformation and FUD is good.
> > Making it harder to share information is bad.
>
> Unfortunately, it's often quite difficult to distinguish between the two when formulating policies, regulations, 
> legislation, and so forth.

That might be because FUD is usually the main ingredient in policies, regulations, legislation, etc. for the last 2 
decades at least.
Politicians seem to be addicted to FUD like a baby born on crystal meth.

At least in the US.

Owen