Putin: Internet 'a CIA project'

[pctech]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/04/24/vladimir_putin_says_internet_is_a_cia_project/

[Technical Ben]

Um... The... We...

Nope, I have neither the energy or will power to even attempt to comprehend what is going on here, let alone click the link. Crazy speech from all sides on the subject currently. 

[mervl]

He would say that wouldn't he?

However, out of the mouths of babies, and madmen . . .  a lot of the tech used in th'internet does have its origins in the defence industries (as with medicine, materials science, transport and engineering, so everything really).

[Technical Ben]

Yep. There is sometimes though, just the convenience of a tool, without even the need to push it in certain directions. Like Virus scanner companies not needing to poke holes in Windows, though it being to their benefit.