Leaving highly classified and for whom kinda questions aside, I must say it's the software that the good guys SWIFT (http://swift.com) use to run the global financial network.
The SWIFT Network has no real alternatives and entire countries teeter towards bankruptcies when they're banned from using it.
The last time the US banned Iran, Iran reportedly lost $100M; everyday!
There are fair-use exemptions, but when it comes to computer software, these exemptions suddenly become zero. Making a disclosure and proving a security/privacy flaw becomes extremely difficult.
Slicing, dicing and reporting on data available in the public domain is NOT helping criminals. It doesn't matter how the data got there. Of course, as a victim it isn't being fair to Sony - but it is certainly not helping criminals.
Too little. Too late. My team and me moved from Skype to Hangouts and then to Fuze already. We're very happy with Fuze. More here: https://www.fuze.com/
Their homepage is http://powerdns.net/, *not* http://powerdns.com/; and yes they are incorporated as TriLab. Like I said, they're (PowerDNS application & TriLab) hosted on their own their own infrastructure, which is currently hosed.
So basically, PowerDNS.COM BV is doing a public service to TriLab BV by putting up a notice. And of course, one is bound to lose politesse when held responsible for stuff one hasn't done or isn't responsible for.
And, no I am not with Trilab and I have nothing to do with their service besides being a harrowed *paying* customer.
Yeah. Bang on. That is how it is. Climb the ladder and then throw it away so that others can't get to where you are.
That fact of the matter is that every economy goes through this cycle (of growing up). Child labor, poor health-care, now pollution and soon patents.
While not being pertinent to this discussion, the country with the greatest patent lobbying bodies is also the country that committed the greatest IPR violations. More here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQZJ5Jl41nk
The SWIFT Network has no real alternatives and entire countries teeter towards bankruptcies when they're banned from using it.
The last time the US banned Iran, Iran reportedly lost $100M; everyday!
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