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New CyberSecurity Bill Raises Privacy Questions
Nicolas Dawson points out coverage in Mother Jones of the early stages of a new cybersecurity bill that conveys sweeping powers on the President. Quoting: "The Cybersecurity Act of 2009 (PDF) gives the president the ability to 'declare a cybersecurity emergency' and shut down or limit Internet traffic in any 'critical' information network 'in the interest of national security.' The bill does not define a critical information network or a cybersecurity emergency. That definition would be left to the president. The bill ... also grants the Secretary of Commerce 'access to all relevant data concerning [critical] networks without regard to any provision of law, regulation, rule, or policy restricting such access.' This means he or she can monitor or access any data on private or public networks without regard to privacy laws."
I have always looked at political ideologies as circular, with anarchy on top and fascism on the bottom, and conservatives and modern liberals as respectively on the left and right. Both sides have their own separate fascist qualities, like the old saying "Liberals want to legislate the boardroom, conservatives want to legislate the bedroom"
"A claim for equality of material position can be met only by a government with totalitarian powers." Hayek
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You mean Conficker day, the day the entire internet would have exploded if not for the due diligence of the security researchers and software vendors and etc.
I'm just glad we didn't lose our super awesome "get it done" attitude we had back in Y2K. That was a close one, right guys? The whole world would have been doomed (DOOMED!) if it wasn't for the quick thinking and fast action that fixed the clock on Grandma's compaq presario.