DID CHINA'S MILITARY HACK GOOGLE?

After the latest statement by Google that Google email accounts had been hacked by someone in China, the Chinese government denied that they had been involved in the attacks.

But the Chinese military put out a statement which contended that the US and the unfettered internet had deliberately caused the unrest and political changes in North Africa and the Middle East. The Chinese military went on to say that they had an obligation to protect China from such problems.

WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION. The Chinese military is implying that a free and uncontrolled internet is an enemy of the Chinese government.

If you define something as an enemy, then it is easy to justify spying on that enemy. What we call hacking, China may call spying.

China is wrong about the internet and the US deliberately causing the Arab Spring. As more and more people talk and write on the internet, people begin to say to each other, "I thought I was the only one who believed things should change NOW." Eventually, there are overwhelming numbers of people who want to have a say in their government and who want to stop corruption.

As we put more and more information into an internet "cloud", it becomes easier to hack or destroy that information. The entire world wide economy is dependent on the internet. Without the internet, large portions of Western economy would stop working. The recent recession would look small to what would happen if someone brings down the internet.

Now we have the military of a large country saying that the internet may be their enemy.

WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION.