Court: Homeland Security Must Disclose 'Internet Kill Switch'

An anonymous reader writes "The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) must disclose its plans for a so-called Internet 'kill switch,' a federal court ruled on Tuesday. The United States District Court for the District of Columbia rejected the agency's arguments that its protocols surrounding an Internet kill switch were exempt from public disclosure and ordered the agency to release the records in 30 days. However, the court left the door open for the agency to appeal the ruling."

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[Anonymous Coward]

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Kill switch?

[Cro Magnon]

There is no kill switch! It's a !@#$ NO CARRIER

Re:Good luck with that

[g0bshiTe]

Let's just hope Jen doesn't drop the internet box.

Re:I doubt it

[Anonymous Coward]

who cares, its only alabama

Re:I doubt it

[DexterIsADog]

Sure, they can get away with it in Alabama, but they don't dare try that in a region with some teeth... so to speak.

Re:Let's talk about the more interesting thing her

[rock_climbing_guy]

Dude, the US Government was able to get malware planted in Iranian centrifuge controllers that were supposed to be air-gapped. I wouldn't be surprised in Windows 8 is pre-programmed to cut itself off the internet when the spooks say so.