Nicaraguan army invaded an island which apparently belongs to CostaRica.... and the reason given: Google Maps, with disagreement to all printed maps, showed an island which was formerly considered to belong to CostaRica, as a Nicaraguan island.... This affair is not yet over, but I suspect its importance is much greater than valued by the media.
If we have come to the point where armies are relying on digital data held by large corporations, it seems like the times when corporations can decide on war and peace has come.
You don't need to fear hackers changing a map for these horrible purposes. All you need, is like the old times when the USSR and the US incited wars in parts of the world, as a part of their cold war,by providing partial or misleading data to one side, about the actions and intentions of another....
Now, a corporation whose interests include a war somewhere, just needs to provide some altered digital information, and even a country that has dismantled its army more than 60 years ago, suddenly finds itself in a military conflict...
If we have come to the point where armies are relying on digital data held by large corporations, it seems like the times when corporations can decide on war and peace has come.
You don't need to fear hackers changing a map for these horrible purposes. All you need, is like the old times when the USSR and the US incited wars in parts of the world, as a part of their cold war,by providing partial or misleading data to one side, about the actions and intentions of another....
Now, a corporation whose interests include a war somewhere, just needs to provide some altered digital information, and even a country that has dismantled its army more than 60 years ago, suddenly finds itself in a military conflict...
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