Apr. 5th, 2009 01:48 pm
Apr. 5th, 2009
Apr. 5th, 2009 01:50 pm
All your Internets are belong to US
Does anyone else fear the potential for abuse that seems apparent in this?
The Cybersecurity Act of 2009 introduced in the Senate would allow the president to shut down private Internet networks. The legislation also calls for the government to have the authority to demand security data from private networks without regard to any provision of law, regulation, rule or policy restricting such access.
Now this appears to be a preliminary analysis, and in reading the article there may be some desirable aspects to the legislation. I'm going to keep my eyes open for anything more on this.
The Cybersecurity Act of 2009 introduced in the Senate would allow the president to shut down private Internet networks. The legislation also calls for the government to have the authority to demand security data from private networks without regard to any provision of law, regulation, rule or policy restricting such access.
Now this appears to be a preliminary analysis, and in reading the article there may be some desirable aspects to the legislation. I'm going to keep my eyes open for anything more on this.