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"The protests and Internet crackdowns in these countries have revived talk in the United States of giving the president an Internet kill switch." I would hope
by SoftwareMaven 16y ago
"The protests and Internet crackdowns in these countries have revived talk in the United States of giving the president an Internet kill switch."
I would hope that these events would be useful in convincing the people of the US that it is a bad idea to give the president a kill switch. The internet wasn't turned off in Egypt to help the Egyptian people, after all, and, if it is going down in Algeria, it isn't for their benefit, either.
- mdemare 16y agoBy the time the situation in the U.S. deteriorates to that point, the president won't care about having legal authority to do something. It's as pointless as outlawing military coups.
- Joakal 16y agoYou mean when the USA enters a state of emergency. Like they are currently in since 1995? https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/State_of_emergency#United_States https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/State_of_emer...
- Sargis 16y agoOn the other hand, giving the president an internet kill switch will drastically increase the development speed and popularity of systems such as the mesh network or something similar.