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Exactly how does this make us more secure, again? I can't imagine anything "critical" that is currently funneled through the internet. At the very least, ther

by riahi 18y ago

Exactly how does this make us more secure, again? I can't imagine anything "critical" that is currently funneled through the internet. At the very least, there should be some examples where this would actually promote safety, rather than be an extension of the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1797.

silentOpen 18y ago
Look, if we don't give them these powers now, we could risk a cyber-Katrina. Do you want that? You know how bad Katrina was? Well, the internet is very complex, connects everything, and is critical infrastructure -- just imagine how bad it could be! Chinese hackers could launch US nukes against US cities if we don't grant these powers! In reality, the legalization and deployment of this sort of power and technology would allow whoever is in charge at the time to divide the citizenry. If there is no net, large scale organization becomes much harder. If the net kills traditional informational channels and we give a single entity the kill switch to the net, we give that entity the kill switch to democracy. I still have hope that the USA hasn't become this misguided and corrupt. I don't think anything remotely like this will pass. If it does, though, we are well and truly fucked.
- iojovnb 18y ago
  Is this a change in policy? I thought we had to police the internet to stop child porn on months with an 'R' in them and to stop terrorism in months without an 'R'?
- jerf 18y ago
  Don't worry, I'm sure the internet-savvy, power-to-the-people, save-us-after-years-of-Bush-darkness President Obama would veto the bill.
  - jobeirne 18y ago
    Either that's wonderful sarcasm or I live in a miserable world.
- thwarted 18y ago
  This made me think of a sequel to Speed where they can't shutdown the internet because if the internet isn't transfering at least 10terabits/sec through some unknown core routers, it will explode.
joubert 18y ago
This is quite amusing: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/05/AR2008060501958_pf.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06...

by riahi 18y ago

silentOpen 18y ago

Look, if we don't give them these powers now, we could risk a cyber-Katrina. Do you want that? You know how bad Katrina was? Well, the internet is very complex, connects everything, and is critical infrastructure -- just imagine how bad it could be! Chinese hackers could launch US nukes against US cities if we don't grant these powers! In reality, the legalization and deployment of this sort of power and technology would allow whoever is in charge at the time to divide the citizenry. If there is no net, large scale organization becomes much harder. If the net kills traditional informational channels and we give a single entity the kill switch to the net, we give that entity the kill switch to democracy. I still have hope that the USA hasn't become this misguided and corrupt. I don't think anything remotely like this will pass. If it does, though, we are well and truly fucked.

iojovnb 18y ago
Is this a change in policy? I thought we had to police the internet to stop child porn on months with an 'R' in them and to stop terrorism in months without an 'R'?
jerf 18y ago
Don't worry, I'm sure the internet-savvy, power-to-the-people, save-us-after-years-of-Bush-darkness President Obama would veto the bill.
- jobeirne 18y ago
  Either that's wonderful sarcasm or I live in a miserable world.
thwarted 18y ago
This made me think of a sequel to Speed where they can't shutdown the internet because if the internet isn't transfering at least 10terabits/sec through some unknown core routers, it will explode.

joubert 18y ago

This is quite amusing: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/05/AR2008060501958_pf.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06...