<i>cyberspace actually means something</i><p>What does it mean exactly? It&#x27;s not a real place. It&#x27;s a term from pre-mass-internet science fiction. It&#x27;s not a term of art. It&#x27;s not how people in the business talk about it. Talking about &quot;cyber-&quot; is nearly always a giveaway that somone doesn&#x27;t know what they&#x27;re talking about.<p>Computer security, yes. Or information security.<p>Part of the problem is that the UK government is trying to pass a law to enable their own use of &quot;targeted equipment interference&quot;, i.e. state sponsored hacking. This prevents us having an honest conversation about who is defending against whom and how.<p>We could really do with a &quot;cyber&quot; Geneva convention globally prohibiting the use or secret development of hacking tools by governments against civilians, including their own civilians.