Uncle Sam’s cyber force wants you

In the latest plan of the the United States military to garrison cyberspace, the air force has set up a Cyber Command and launched its own George W Bush-style US$30-billion pre-emptive strike that will, theoretically, provide the air force with the ability to fry any computer in the world. – William J Astore

Recently, while I was on a visit to Salon.com, my computer screen momentarily went black. A glitch? A power surge? No, it was a pop-up ad for the US Air Force, warning me that an enemy cyber attack could come at any moment – with dire consequences for my ability to connect to the Internet. It was an Outer Limits moment. Remember that eerie sci-fi show from the early 1960s? The one that began in a blur with the message, “There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission …” It felt a little like that.