Chapter 365
Chapter 365: Chapter 42 The Strongest on the Surface Chapter 365: Chapter 42 The Strongest on the Surface “`
This…
Lin Xian listened to VV’s description, he could roughly understand what it meant, but he did not know if that was what VV intended to express:
“Speak clearly in human language, what exactly is the situation?”
VV told Lin Xian.
China’s internet, although theoretically connected to the World Wide Web, was in fact separated by a high wall, also known as the Internet Security Great Wall.
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To the general public, it seemed as though the main purpose of the Internet Security Great Wall was to prevent them from accessing certain undesirable websites and linking to some foreign pages; but in reality, the Great Wall’s functions went far beyond that.
In the real world, there are national borders and national defense.
It’s the same in the cyber world.
The Internet Security Great Wall of China is the cyber border of China, like a great wall keeping invasions and malicious acts out, safeguarding China’s cybersecurity.
However, this protection is only relative, after all, there is no wall that is impenetrable, especially not one as long as this wall, right?
Therefore, cyber attacks are inevitable, and there are many people who use technical means to climb over this wall to explore the internet outside.
The state generally does not manage these individual behaviors, and there isn’t much restriction; it’s about keeping the honest people out, not the villains.
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But for those attacks targeting official sites, domestic large-scale facilities, and important data centers, it’s a different matter.
The existence of the Internet Security Great Wall’s most significant function is to protect these key projects related to national security.
For example, national defense, public welfare, secret databases, as well as the Skynet System closely related to the privacy of the masses, and so on.
The nation has many information security departments and specialized cyber security teams whose routine work is to maintain this cyber wall to prevent national security from being compromised.
These infringements are generally beyond the reach of ordinary netizens.
Even if you occasionally scale the wall for some unhealthy content, at most, it causes harm to your body and computer, not to the nation’s information and cybersecurity.
But…
The malicious hacker attacks are different.
Especially the cyber attacks with various purposes, their targets are never the trivial matters of regular users, but the nation’s key projects, secret databases, national defense network, Skynet System, and so on.
The cyber warfare for national cybersecurity is actually being fought every moment of every day.
Ordinary netizens are unaware and don’t perceive it.
But VV is different.
Intelligent as it is, the moment it crossed China’s Internet Security Great Wall, it glimpsed the threat looming like a Black Hand over the Chinese internet, surrounding it from all sides with a menacing intent to swallow it whole.
Because of VV’s base code and Lin Xian’s demands on it—that it absolutely must not expose its existence or leave traces.
So, now still immature, termed as a juvenile, with not yet strong combat capabilities, VV…
simply retreated and did not continue its exploration beyond the Great Wall into the cyber world.
“You weren’t exposed, were you?”
Lin Xian asked.
“Of course not.”
VV said:
“Although I’m not fully developed and haven’t updated to a super artificial intelligence yet, my architecture and logic are far beyond the current era.
I admit that the cyber threat I described as Black Hand is indeed the most formidable and terrifying program I’ve encountered so far.
But compared to me, it’s still lacking a lot; as long as I don’t provoke it, it won’t discover my existence, and I can come and go freely.”
Lin Xian breathed a sigh of relief:
“Then why create such a tense atmosphere just now?
You scared me with talk of a problem, but it turns out there’s no issue?”
“Just because I’m fine doesn’t mean the Internet Security Great Wall of China is fine!”
VV slammed the fridge door open to protest:
“Although in all respects its technical level is far inferior to mine, the level of strength that [Black Hand] possesses is unique in today’s age.
Even if they try to defend, the Black Hand’s tendrils have already infiltrated unnoticed and lie in ambush.”
“Once those vulnerabilities erupt collectively, the Great Wall will be destroyed in an instant!
Although the national defense system and other vital systems are still secure, with dedicated servers and firewalls, but the Skynet System will inevitably be unprotected in this offensive…
Once the Skynet System is invaded by Black Hand, from there on, there will be no privacy to speak of, every move and speech will be under the surveillance of Black Hand!”
Bang.
VV caused the freezer door of the fridge to pop open, precisely pointing at Lin Xian:
“Lin Xian, the same goes for you.”
“You said before, our highest priority is to hide and not to expose ourselves.
But if the Skynet System is invaded by Black Hand, and a backdoor is planted, even if China patches up the Skynet System in the future and plugs all existing vulnerabilities, it won’t stop the enemy from using the planted backdoors to monitor targets.”
“At that time, what do we do?
I can definitely protect you, prevent you from being monitored, and stop your information from being collected, including making our conversations undetectable by the Skynet System.”
“But by doing this, wouldn’t we be playing right into the enemy’s hands?
When the information of billions of people can be monitored, except for yours, when the information of billions of people can be grasped, except for yours…
How is that different from confessing guilt?”
“When the entire pond is black, a tiny, insignificant white dot is particularly conspicuous.
So, when the day comes that the Dragon Nation’s Skynet System is breached, pretending to be dead won’t work, being special won’t work, exposure is just a matter of time!”
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