Comment on Military use of consumer technologyparentComments−potatolicious16yI took it to mean that most technologies seem to be applied to military use first, before they find civilian use.Radar? First a weapon, then civilian.Nuclear power? First a weapon, then adapted for peaceful purposes.The list goes on: radio, flying, submarines, even the internet was developed with military funding.−wlievens16yLet's add cryptography to that list.−gaius16yAll technologies, regardless of their origin, have a potential military application.
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I took it to mean that most technologies seem to be applied to military use first, before they find civilian use.
Radar? First a weapon, then civilian.
Nuclear power? First a weapon, then adapted for peaceful purposes.
The list goes on: radio, flying, submarines, even the internet was developed with military funding.
Let's add cryptography to that list.
All technologies, regardless of their origin, have a potential military application.