BBC news spread Ranum's Law

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Technology can't solve social problems.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1555000/1555981.stm

   Experts are warning of the risk of relying on technology to help spot
   terrorists before they attack.

   Everyone is outraged by the terrorist attacks, but that's no reason to
   suddenly abrogate our rights

   ...

   "We are all focusing on this as a very hi-tech war, whereas the
   terrorists are using very low-tech means," said Brian Gladman, former
   technical director at Nato, and now an advisor to the net thinktank
   the Foundation for Information Policy Research (Fipr).

   ...