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Resource availability?

roberto_maietta@... 9th Mar 2009

In terms of computing power, you'd be foolish to think the government doesnt have enormous resources at its disposal.

Hardware has become commoditised to the point now where hardware is incredibly cheap for the power it delivers.

It wouldnt surprise me if the government had whole server farms, or perhaps even mainframe farm capability, dedicated to national security issues.

As these laws appear aimed at very serious offences, it isnt a stretch to think this hardware could be provided for these purposes. If anything, it would be more of a political fight internally to allocate the resources, since everyone would want to use them.

"Digital Fortress" from Dan Browne offers a little interesting insight, in terms of when a government says "we cant do X", it usually means they can...