Stockpiling zero-day vulnerabilities

Posted Aug 21, 2012 15:48 UTC (Tue) by nybble41 (subscriber, #55106)
In reply to: Stockpiling zero-day vulnerabilities by nim-nim
Parent article: Stockpiling zero-day vulnerabilities

> It's called civil war (different groups competing without any legitimate central power)

Civil war is involves _two_ governments, not "no government". In civil war, two groups are claiming and competing for "legitimate" central power in a given territory. "No government" means just the opposite, that no one has an effective, "legitimate" claim.

> And I doubt a social animal like man can avoid forming groups once population density gets non-minimal.

There's nothing wrong with forming groups. The problem lies in aggressive actions toward people who do not choose to join or remain in your group.

Stockpiling zero-day vulnerabilities

Posted Aug 21, 2012 16:14 UTC (Tue) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523) [Link]

That depends on a civil war. It's certainly not uncommon to have multiple competing pseudo-govenment entities (just look at Russian post-revolutionary civil war as an example).