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US Plans Cyber Shield For Private Companies and Utilities
wiggles writes "The federal government is launching an expansive program dubbed 'Perfect Citizen' to detect cyber assaults on private companies and government agencies running such critical infrastructure as the electricity grid and nuclear-power plants, according to people familiar with the program. The surveillance by the National Security Agency, the government's chief eavesdropping agency, would rely on a set of sensors deployed in computer networks for critical infrastructure that would be triggered by unusual activity suggesting an impending cyber attack, though it wouldn't persistently monitor the whole system, these people said. How do we feel about NSA spyware in all of our infrastructure?"
>>>When zealots can't distinguish between legitimate security and illegitimate spying
When liberty-lovers can not see that security and spying are the same thing ("Ahhh I see citizen 12 is using grow lamps - send the DEA to investigate"), then liberty will die for all of us.
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
Anon. Coward wrote:
>>>lol you still believe in Obama..
lol your reading comprehension sucks..
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall