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They want to use H1N1 as an excuse to control the internet. Listen to the re-emergent Bushonian 'bad guy' rhetoric.
"Jennifer Granick, civil liberties director at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, dismissed the entire premise of the Cybersecurity Act when she pointed out the fact that granting centralized power to the government to control networks would in fact make the stability of the Internet less safe, because allowing one person to access all information on a network “makes it more vulnerable to intruders,” she said. “You’ve basically established a path for the bad guys to skip down.”
LOL..why block the internet. I would think it would become even more important during a pandemic as more people would stay home. Telecommute and finding out what's going on while in self quarantine.
Homeland Security was supposed to be saving us from terrorists, not swine flu.
Someone needs to save us from Homeland Security IMO.
Here's this gem:
"Private Internet providers might need government authorization to block popular websites, it said, or to reduce residential transmission speeds to make way for commerce."
Are they just plain stupid or what. If you are working from home and telecommuting then you are USING YOUR RESIDENTIAL LINE. What fools.
They want to use H1N1 as an excuse to control the internet. Listen to the re-emergent Bushonian 'bad guy' rhetoric.
"Jennifer Granick, civil liberties director at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, dismissed the entire premise of the Cybersecurity Act when she pointed out the fact that granting centralized power to the government to control networks would in fact make the stability of the Internet less safe, because allowing one person to access all information on a network “makes it more vulnerable to intruders,” she said. “You’ve basically established a path for the bad guys to skip down.”
Here's this gem:
"Private Internet providers might need government authorization to block popular websites, it said, or to reduce residential transmission speeds to make way for commerce."
Are they just plain stupid or what. If you are working from home and telecommuting then you are USING YOUR RESIDENTIAL LINE. What fools.
They're just geniuses, aren't they? You can't make this stuff up - nobody would believe anyone's that stupid.
They want to use H1N1 as an excuse to control the internet. Listen to the re-emergent Bushonian 'bad guy' rhetoric.
"Jennifer Granick, civil liberties director at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, dismissed the entire premise of the Cybersecurity Act when she pointed out the fact that granting centralized power to the government to control networks would in fact make the stability of the Internet less safe, because allowing one person to access all information on a network “makes it more vulnerable to intruders,” she said. “You’ve basically established a path for the bad guys to skip down.”
"A report by the General Accountability Office warns that a severe pandemic, or a worsening of the H1N1 outbreak, could result in 40 percent absentee rates at work and school, meaning that the Internet would be overloaded with people working from home as well as bored children sucking up bandwidth via online gaming.
“DHS has not developed a strategy to address potential Internet congestion, the report said."
I don't think so. There's a link back to a Reuter article that reads the same way.
I think the government is looking for something to be wrong so they can fix it.
The thing Alex quotes is taken out of the HS director slapping back, in a letter, at a GAO report. He is "the director of DHS' Government Accountability Office-Office of Inspector General Liaison Office."
Funny to read the Reuters article and then Alex's spin on it.... pretty classic example.
The thing Alex quotes is taken out of the HS director slapping back, in a letter, at a GAO report. He is "the director of DHS' Government Accountability Office-Office of Inspector General Liaison Office."
Funny to read the Reuters article and then Alex's spin on it.... pretty classic example.
I went right to Reuter's when I saw the link and didn't finish with the Jone's article.
I do agree the government should consult with AT&T about the net backbone but they should stay out of everything else. Corporates have strategies already as well as backup/recovery and emergency plans with offsite operations. I've done some work in this field. Only the cheap penny pinching ones will get bottlenecked and then they'll deserve it for not preparing.
"A report by the General Accountability Office warns that a severe pandemic, or a worsening of the H1N1 outbreak, could result in 40 percent absentee rates at work and school, meaning that the Internet would be overloaded with people working from home as well as bored children sucking up bandwidth via online gaming.
omg... that would be horrific!!
Oh wait... we already have had those absentee rates.
It's called every NIGHT after 5pm .. every weekend, and every summer break for the kids..
This is nothing more than fear mongering for a power grab..
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