Ask HN: Why don’t we treat cyber warfare as an act of war?

3 pointsiamjohnsears5y ago1 comments

It seems like nation states hacking US electoral systems could be interpreted as an act of war. Why doesn’t the US respond militarily? Not advocating for this, but curious how we arrived at this precedent.

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e95y ago

Probably same reason we don’t treat social media as tobacco companies and same reason psychological abuse is treated differently than physical abuse.

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