As cyber - criminals and government - sponsored hackers continue to raid private data across the free - world , this generation ponders just what benefit we really gain from stopping our own governments from ' snooping ' on their own citizens . " The increasingly fierce barrage of cyber attacks originating from non - democracies against the governments of democratic nations ... is a new form of asymmetry for which democratic governments lack effective answers . " What should one worry about more : democrats of the free - world getting news about what our Government 's really do , or that another criminal has just taken all of your secure data , your assets , and the cash in your bank ?
As cyber-gangs and state-sponsored hackers continue to raid private data across the free-world, this article ponders just what benefit we really gain from stopping our own governments from 'snooping' on their own citizens. "The increasingly fierce barrage of cyber attacks originating from non-democracies against the governments of democratic nations ... is a new form of asymmetry for which democratic countries lack effective answers." What should one worry about more: democrats of the free-world leaking news about what our Government's really do, or that another criminal has just taken all of your secure data, your IP, and the cash in your bank?