
Episode 617 • • 47:22 - 55:17
617: Climate Chaos
Cyber Theft, Intellectual Property, and China Trade Secrets
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse's congressional hearing on cyber theft is scrutinized, specifically the claim that the government must protect private corporate trade secrets from foreign hackers. The hosts argue that companies have already surrendered their intellectual property by moving manufacturing to China. They suggest that truly valuable secrets, like the Coca-Cola formula, should be kept off the internet entirely rather than relying on government-mandated cybersecurity.
