Because cybersecurity: the private jet edition

Cory Doctorow 8:57 am Sat Dec 26, 2015

"Cybersecurity": it's the new "terrorism," a word to conjure with, a source of bottomless no-bid procurements for the military-industrial complex, full employment for snake-oil salesmen.

But this full-page ad for Statusjet (whose name really says it all), cyberbs reaches a new peak. This graphic will be really useful to have when Statusjet's terrestrial Internet headends are pwned and someone dumps the full traffic of all those status-seeking execs who justified their private jet leases to the Board with "because cybersecurity."

Remember, the more the 1% can opt out of commercial aviation, the more humiliating air travel can become for mere mortals without any meaningful political fallout.

The best cybersecurity solution I've seen yet! @Snowden @doctorow pic.twitter.com/jqGlLBHPTb via @quine

— Andrew §irkin (@dragontologist) December 26, 2015

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