U.S. Government Proposes "Internet Kill Switch"
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No, we invented it. Just ask Al Gore. (Hehehe)GrinningManiac said:
It doesn't shock me one bit that Senator Lieberman would think something like this up. I hope this gets used against him in his next attempt to get re-elected. Damn left-wing nutjob anyway.
Yep. Whenever someone says something along the line of "We're totally doing this to protect the people, now hand over your rights and freedoms and put on the collar" it's fishy.Nannernade said:
Although given what they managed to do with post-911 paranoia... It seems rather easy to goad people into giving up their freedoms for security.
And the person who trades his freedom for security deserves neither.
Well if the government starts showing support to this bill, then they are by all means acting like dickheads. I just think people should reserve judgement on the government because they haven't yet shown who they support and their response will probably be to shoot down what he proposed. I was also referring to the person in my hypothetical example.zehydra said:
Well, I'd support a US only killswitch, or any other government having a local internet killswitch, but if the US government somehow thinks that they are in control of the entire internet, I think about 7200000000 other people have something to say about that.
As an American, I am one of the few who have the right to tell me government to fuck off.
My government,
Fuck off.
Yours truly,
Newfoundsky
My government,
Fuck off.
Yours truly,
Newfoundsky
Or they could just, you know, shut off access to gov't/utility computers from the internet...instead of pulling the plug all across the U.S. I think we're smart enough to do the same if we come under attack from cyber terrorists or whatever. No need for Uncle Sam to hold our hands.
well thank the lord for buffering videos thenJack and Calumon said:
OT I wouldn't find it quite as bad if they hadn't said it was only for the US's protection, yeah lets bugger it for god knows how many countries, just to protect our own asses.
Even if this was a necessity the US is the last country i'd give the power to, not exactly renowned for keeping a level head amongst even minor crises' o.0
EDIT: Even if it is only across the US that is still way too much power, think of internet banking for starters o.0
Nah we didn't. AS much as I'd like to say that the internet is british, it isn't. The innovations are mainly American. A Brit did invent the WWW, but they are two seperate inventions.GrinningManiac said:
Anyway, on topic: I too particularly liked the bit about "as well as critical internet components in other countries." Thanks, America. Nice to see your trying to be the fucking world police. I doubt this makes it into law though. But still, this is ridiculous, "WE WILL CONTROL THE WORLD! And we shall start with teh internets."
The Military could not support this nonsense. Cutting off all access to the internet would kill pretty much every common communication tool with a range greater than say, 300 miles. No real-time maps, no up-to-date cross-system references, no tech manuals, no access to personell files, no MRC chat, limited ways to coordinate air-strikes between services...it would turn the entire DOD on its damn head. The pentagon would just an especially ugly building.
And then we have the wonder parts that would allow the government to request information from any company that uses the internet as part of its business model...without justification. For shits and giggles, if you will.
And then we have the wonder parts that would allow the government to request information from any company that uses the internet as part of its business model...without justification. For shits and giggles, if you will.
Well, think about it. If you make more security, hackers will find new ways in. close those, they'll find more. Hackers get into the pentagon's network, suddenly the world has thousands of nuclear missiles aimed at it by a fat sweaty geek who lives in his mom's basement. wouldn't it be nice to have a killswitch then? or maybe some pet uber-virus gets loose. sure, the idea needs refining, but it could potentially be very helpful.
Most of us wouldn't be able to do our jobs without the internet. This would collapse the economy if it was initiated. I know that this is an emergency procedure, but it's like preventing us from starvation by hanging ourselves.
Oh, and Joe is an independent, so the next time you bash mainstream political parties, just recognize that he doesn't have one.
Oh, and Joe is an independent, so the next time you bash mainstream political parties, just recognize that he doesn't have one.