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Leaving highly classified and for whom kinda questions aside, I must say it's the software that the good guys SWIFT (http://swift.com) use to run the global financial network.

The SWIFT Network has no real alternatives and entire countries teeter towards bankruptcies when they're banned from using it.

The last time the US banned Iran, Iran reportedly lost $100M; everyday!

[Edit] Spellings and URL


Probably that is why big economies are after crypto networks. Ripple is a close alternative for the SWIFT network.


It sounds like software that important shouldn't be something that any particular country should be in control of (as much as I like to stop the leadership of Iran).


You have obviously never tried to decipher a swift message or been forced to read the ‘handbook’


There are fair-use exemptions, but when it comes to computer software, these exemptions suddenly become zero. Making a disclosure and proving a security/privacy flaw becomes extremely difficult.


The Indian government is being utterly stupid. This is tantamount to saying: "Terrorists breathe Oxygen? Neat! Ban Oxygen."


Slicing, dicing and reporting on data available in the public domain is NOT helping criminals. It doesn't matter how the data got there. Of course, as a victim it isn't being fair to Sony - but it is certainly not helping criminals.


How can you pretend this data is in the "public domain"? That phrase has a specific legal meaning, and stolen data does not fit that definition.


All hail e-residency, the newest oxymoron of our times.


Thanks. Changed title as suggested. :)


Apparently, it is OK to care about profits and not customers these days. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/06/opinion/joe-nocera-uber-vs...


The Ruby and Rails community has lost one of its kindest souls. Ezra has left behind a legacy everyone must aspire to.


Too little. Too late. My team and me moved from Skype to Hangouts and then to Fuze already. We're very happy with Fuze. More here: https://www.fuze.com/


You should try using Fuze. We replaced Hangouts and Skype with it. Best of all, it is free for 25 simultaneous users in a chat/video.


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