Sen. Bond Disses Internet 'Kill Switch' Bill

GovTechGuy writes "Sen. Kit Bond (R-Mo.) has introduced his own cybersecurity legislation with Sen. Orrin Hatch, and he had some harsh words for a competing bill sponsored by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security. Bond said that bill, which has been criticized for allegedly giving the president a 'kill switch' over the Internet, weighs down the private sector with mandates and puts too much on the plate of the already overburdened Department of Homeland Security. Sen. Bond's bill would create a new position in the Pentagon, reporting directly to the president, in charge of coordinating all civilian cybersecurity. Any private-sector involvement would be voluntary and free from legal challenge, rather than mandated."

Comments

Re:How about this...

[hedwards]

lolwut, because deregulation has done such wonders for the financial and energy sectors. Likewise, the problem we've had with the net is a lack of regulation rather than too much of it. The solution to not enough regulation has never, ever been less regulation. The firms like MS and the ISPs that do very little to curtail the soft targets aren't going to get better knowing that they'll face even less regulation.

Re:Stop that task in the name of the law!

[bky1701]

Yeah, tell me how that goes. With the good-intention Chernobyl that is modern copyright legislation, you keep telling yourself that giving any more power to private interests is a good thing. I'll keep fighting for my rights against people who advocate that, thanks you.

"The Internet is under attack! What do we do?"

[KarlIsNotMyName]

"Kill it!"

Um, what?

How about instead funding some free-to-all open source antivirus, anti-spyware, etc. programs to hinder the spread of malware and botnets? And kill spammers while you're at it. Yes, those you can kill.