[0898]

It's interesting how Tony Abbott, the former Australian prime minister, was genuinely interested in understanding the technology behind the hack.

It reminded me of a nice anecdote from Chris Miller's book Chip War.

When former Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull was deciding whether to ban Huawei from the country's 5G network, he "bought himself a 474-page-book titled a Comprehensive Guide to 5G Security to study the topic so that he could ask better questions of his tech experts."

Nice to see politicians getting into infosec, I guess?

[thinkingemote]

Additionally (but not the main thing here) being interested in other people and their story is also a sign of manners and charisma often found in person in the leaders and bosses of the world which many find surprising when they meet them.

[bierjunge]

Or hackers going into politics like Beto O'Rourke [0] aka Psychedelic Warlord, (former?) member of Cult of the Dead Cow [1].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beto_O%27Rourke [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_of_the_Dead_Cow

[ThePowerOfFuet]

Wow. I had no idea!