This is an aside titled 'DARPA Creating a Fake Internet to Better Understand Real Internet' dated 5/6/08
Danger Room takes us inside National Cyber Range, DARPA’s plan for an Internet simulator to test out cyberwar tactics. Wired sister blog Threat Level reminds us of “Admiral John Poindexter’s future terrorism spotting project, Total Information Awareness program, where they created an entire world of fake people buying and selling fake things, calling their fake friends and visiting fake dentists who filled fake cavities. They called it Vanilla World.” Five years later, DARPA’s still illegally denying their Freedom of Information Act request for information on Vanilla World.
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