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Obama Proposes 30-Day Deadline For Disclosing Security Breaches
Following the string of massive data breaches at major corporations, President Obama has called for legislation that would standardize how these incidents are disclosed to the public.
"The Personal Data Notification and Protection Act would demand a single, national standard requiring companies to inform their customers within 30 days of discovering their data has been hacked. In a speech Monday at the Federal Trade Commission, Mr. Obama said that the current patchwork of state laws does not protect Americans and is a burden for companies that do business across the country. The president also proposed the Student Data Privacy Act, which would prohibit technology firms from profiting from information collected in schools as teachers adopt tablets, online services and Internet-connected software. And he will announce voluntary agreements by companies to safeguard home energy data and to provide easy access to credit scores as an “early warning system” for identity theft.
"Data apocalypse now"
Disregarding the rest of your post for this nugget.
The thought of a remake of Apocalypse Now as Data Apocalypse Now as a senior CIA agent is being sent into the field with some hard core MI6 bodies to capture and return a rogue agent distributing data in a "information wants to be free!" kinda zeal (only way darker). And over time, embedded with the rogue agent, after the MI6 team gets picked off or falls into a drug induced free-knowledge stupor, starts doubting his missing, maybe data does want to be free?
The thought of a Brit with a laptop saying, "Charlie don't surf!" while browsing the web from North Korea ...
Seriously, that could be a good movie.
Could be. Odds are though, it would be drivel.
-Rick
"Most people in the U.S. wouldn't know they live in a tyrannical state if it walked up and grabbed their junk." - MyFirs
Thus all we need is permanent plausible deniablity.
AND, taking notes on our current President .... Here are the stages to avoiding any responsibility for anything:
"I found out about it the same time you did from the newspaper"
"I am angry and am going to get to the bottom of it"
"There is not a smidgeon of evidence..."
"It is just a right wing conspiracy"
"Phony Scandal"
"Golf!"
????
"Profit"
Agent K: A *person* is smart. People are dumb, stupid, panicky animals, and you know it.
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