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Government Backs Down On Network Monitoring Plan?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the maybe-they-mean-it-and-maybe-they-don't dept.

GNUCyberKat writes "This article relates how the US government is now approaching their plan to monitor private sector networks. It presents both sides (mostly through links) but is otherwise a good article. "

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  1. And Reno wants to ban all cryptography by crow · · Score: 3

    And I just saw an article reporting that Reno, I believe in a letter to the German government, stated her desire to see all cryptographic products banned from the Internet. Despite the technical and legal impossibilities involved, that was one more indication that the JustUs Department is solidly anti-privacy.

    Interestingly, this seems to be a non-partisan issue, so I can't fall back on my traditional response of complaining about the Democrats. I've yet to see either party integrate a cohesive position on privacy and technology.

  2. Simple Trugh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3

    Believe it or not, the government is trying to act on the behalf of its citizens with most of these initiatives. If you read the actual text of the plan (available at http://www.cdt.org/policy/terrorism/fidnet/ )you will see that the plan calls for monitoring of mostly .gov site traffic. It calls for a plan to help certain critical infrastructure sections of the private sector in monitoring (ie, banking, utilities, perhaps stock market, etc). An outage in any of these areas of the private sector would have very detrimental long term effects on the Citizens of the US. THAT is why they want to do this.
    Plus, if you believe everything you hear, the we must already be monitored, right?
    The same rule that existed before still applies...if you want it to be secure, encrypt it; quit bitching about how THE MAN is going to screw your life and take some individual action.

    The above is only my opinion.