possibly noteworthy wrote:

"[We] need to get together and at least try and figure out what the rules of the game are."

"We might have less collateral damage if we can decide when cyberwarfare is allowed."

My impression is that most cyberwarfare is performed by mobs of more or less independent actors. A state can influence them but it cannot control them. So the whole idea of deciding when it is allowed seems silly. Its going to happen whenever enough people in a given civilization get pissed off enough to do it. Perhaps states that aren't actively discouraging this should be seen as irresponsible. Imagine a 1940's era propaganda poster with the text "Your bot net army may compromise a resource that we're exploiting! Leave the strategic decision making to us! War: Shit's chess, it ain't checkers!"

RE: The Dark Art of Cyberwar