Major Tech Companies Pledge To Never Help Governments Launch Cyber Attacks

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33 tech companies have pledged to never help governments launch cyberattacks in what the New York Times calls the "Digital Geneva Accord." Inquisitr summarizes the pledge dubbed the "Cybersecurity Tech Accord," which in addition to not helping governments launch a cyber attack, pledges to have a stronger defense against cyber attacks to protect all customers globally regardless of the motivation for attacks.

Companies in the accord include ABB, Arm, Cisco, Facebook, HP, HPE, Microsoft, Nokia, Oracle, and Trend Micro. We will see how much difference this makes going forward. You can check out the full pledge at the Cybersecurity Tech Accord website.

"The devastating attacks from the past year demonstrate that cybersecurity is not just about what any single company can do but also about what we can all do together." said Microsoft President Brad Smith. "This tech sector accord will help us take a principled path towards more effective steps to work together and defend customers around the world."
 
There's still EMP bombs, so no worries.

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Not to mention a few backhoes can probably do just as much damage.
 
"Major Tech Companies Pledge To Never Help Governments Launch Cyber Attacks"

Well duh, good PR move everybody, Here's a Scooby Snack.
 
Basically they want to tap that China market and so this agreement makes them "safe" from being coerced into helping both China and US for example.
 
How absurd, those companies will abuse US citizens by working to eliminate our privacy, colluding with the government against our best interest, and gain significant profit from us, but they wouldn't fight for us.
 
Way to stick it to the Average Joe, mission statements to use and abuse him and a pledge to never have his back.

Bytheby, you think Microsoft and Cisco are ever going to give up those lucrative US Government contracts that they currently have? They have quite a few employees embedded in the DoD network who's sole purpose is to do exactly what this PR stunt says they wont do.
 
These things are made in the highest secrecy and they can be punished if they disclose it. Pointless statement.
 
they pledge not to help, unless the payday is really really big. At which point it isn't helping, it is we were tricked into allowing our service to be used for wrong.
 
Did they also pledge to not make it easier for such an attack to succeed? Launching an attack is hardly half the battle...
 
SecretStash said:
Basically they want to tap that China market and so this agreement makes them "safe" from being coerced into helping both China and US for example.
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You mean they won't be coerced into helping the US. They roll over for China upon a whim because their government is not a soft touch.
 
Despotes said:
Until the next Administration.
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My first thought. My second thought they care more about what foreign countries like China or Russia will do to them. The real answer is somewhere inbetween.

My thought it that their loyalty seems to be with the biggest coercers. Therefore they should never be trusted with US gov't business at any level.
 
I assume self appointed cyber attacks are O.K. though.

I await the entertainment.
 
jpm100 said:
You mean they won't be coerced into helping the US. They roll over for China upon a whim because their government is not a soft touch.
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Hopefully not true, but yeah. Maybe so. They have don't have to worry about the US gov limiting access to the US market.
 
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