End of the Internet? Cybersecurity Act gives Obama power to shut down web,ignore laws

[shelly]

A new Cybersecurity bill would grant the President unprecedented power to shut down the internet and ignore privacy laws. Learn more:

YouTube - The End of the Internet? Cybersecurity Act gives Obama power to shut down internet, ignore laws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qd2nnq-Sbo8)

Details here:
http://www.breakthematrix.com/node/35797

[ClayTrainor]

That's some scary info Shelly :o

Thanks for keeping us up to date on this issue. Cute cat :)

[itshappening]

hopefully it will be stopped

[purplechoe]

I hope that's gonna be the straw that breaks the camels back. If this doesn't wake up the Obamabots, nothing will.

[shelly]

That's some scary info Shelly :o

Thanks for keeping us up to date on this issue. Cute cat :)

His name is Milton, and it's hard to keep a straight face with him staring at me the whole time.

But yes, scary stuff - not just this bill, but ALL of the bills I've been looking at. Grrr.

[ClayTrainor]

I hope that's gonna be the straw that breaks the camels back. If this doesn't wake up the Obamabots, nothing will.

Well they didn't wake up on the Iraq war issue, FISA, The Patriot Act, the marijuana issue, etc. so my hope for them waking up to this, is pretty minimal :(

"The internet needs change, because pedophiles are evil" is something i expect to hear.

[ClayTrainor]

His name is Milton, and it's hard to keep a straight face with him staring at me the whole time.

But yes, scary stuff - not just this bill, but ALL of the bills I've been looking at. Grrr.

Yup... Washington has really amped up the fear factor.

It's so important that we maintain and grow this resistance! :cool:

[Bern]

Shelly, another good resource for info on this bill:


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Senators John Rockefeller (D-W. Va.) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) think so. On Wednesday they introduced a bill to establish the Office of the National Cybersecurity Advisor—an arm of the executive branch that would have vast power to monitor and control Internet traffic to protect against threats to critical cyber infrastructure. That broad power is rattling some civil libertarians.

The Cybersecurity Act of 2009 (http://cdt.org/security/CYBERSEC4.pdf) (PDF) gives the president the ability to "declare a cybersecurity emergency" and shut down or limit Internet traffic in any "critical" information network "in the interest of national security." The bill does not define a critical information network or a cybersecurity emergency. That definition would be left to the president.

The bill does not only add to the power of the president. It also grants the Secretary of Commerce "access to all relevant data concerning [critical] networks without regard to any provision of law, regulation, rule, or policy restricting such access." This means he or she can monitor or access any data on private or public networks without regard to privacy laws.
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http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2009/04/should-obama-control-internet

I speculated (in other circles) a while back that Section 5.b.5 would give the Secretary of Commerce carte blanche to use the NSA to spy on domestic small businesses (what is a "Federal laboratory"?). The following news did nothing to dissuade that fear:


The U.S. government's director for cybersecurity resigned on Friday, criticizing the excessive role of the National Security Agency in countering threats to the country's computer systems.

"He has tendered his resignation," Amy Kudwa, a Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman told Reuters.

Former Silicon Valley entrepreneur Rod Beckstrom said in a resignation letter published by the Wall Street Journal it was a "bad strategy" to have the National Security Agency, which is part of the Department of Defense, play a major role in cybersecurity.

Beckstrom headed the National Cybersecurity Center, which was created last March to coordinate all government cybersecurity efforts and answers to the Department of Homeland Security.

Homeland Security said in a statement that it has a strong relationship with the NSA and continues to work closely with all of its partners to protect the country's cyber networks.

Beckstrom wrote to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Thursday in his resignation letter that the NSA currently dominates most national cyber efforts.

"While acknowledging the critical importance of NSA to our intelligence efforts, I believe this is a bad strategy on multiple grounds," he wrote in the letter posted by the Wall Street Journal on its website.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSTRE5260I620090307

Somewhat Related:


The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) took a step toward a national broadband policy when they opened debate to the public per the broadband development policy requirement in the economic stimulus package that was passed earlier this year.
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Already acknowledging that the $7.2 billion alloted will never be enough to blanket the nation with high-speed broadband, the FCC tacked on even more considerations and plans. Immediately the FCC approved the proposal to improve data collection about broadcasting entities owned by women and minorities because expanding media diversity is a priority of the FCC.

The government’s FCC wants everyone to know that “openness,” and “avoiding invasions of peoples’ privacy,” and ensuring “cyber security” are going to be challenges. But if it’s anything like the “transparency” and “privacy” we now have, most don’t want any part of it.
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http://www.jbs.org/index.php/news-feed-archive/4734-fcc-pushing-for-national-broadband

[heavenlyboy34]

Si! Resist! :cool::D And people wonder why I'm an anarchist. :rolleyes:

[speciallyblend]

can we get a palm to the face pic

[purplechoe]

can we get a palm to the face pic

http://boomercharged.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/facepalm4.jpg

[awake]

If men discarded and abolished the idea of freedom all together, another man would just reinvent it.

When they do shut down the web, we will just create a new one.

Lol... is there such a thing as a decentralized internet model?

[tpreitzel]

Lol... is there such a thing as a decentralized internet model?

We have big problems as most of you are aware. Our money is confiscated and then redistributed with strings attached to fund tools which government uses to control us. This movement for restoring constitutional liberty lacks security of operations (OPSEC) and communications (COMSEC).

Keep the CFL as a top-down organization, but limit it to raising funds as needed and distributing information to local area networks (LAN) which are protected by "secure" gateways. Only local clients will be able to access the nearest gateway (LAN) in their area and will have to pay for the privilege of accessing information now available on the CFL website which should basically disappear except for raising funds, accessing the nearest LAN and distributing information to the LAN. Ideally, the physical connection between the internet and the distributed LAN should be severed for maximum security, but the logistics and practicality of distributing information becomes problematic. Realistically, the CFL is already limited to information distribution and raising funds. My major concern is securing communications and operations in case of government intervention. * Nothing is preventing the voluntary creation of secure LAN updated by CFL's information. Isolating the activities of the LAN is important and the LAN is where the action should be occurring anyway.

Until the former is accomplished, all communications should be secured with the CFL website which will encourage dues-paying membership for encrypted access. If government lackeys want access to the CFL's information, make them repay some of our tax dollars.

* The LAN should basically be independent in case of CFL's forced closure on the internet. Information distribution could still proceed legally or illegally (hopefully not) via courier, BBS, packet radio, etc.

[Feelgood]

Just how will this effect my online game playing? I mean if he shuts down internet traffic and our clan is in the middle of a scrim, will be wall get booted from the game server? :)

Yea I know this sounds silly, but think about it. Teamspeak, Ventrilo, IRC, game servers, all a great way to communicate if need be. So would they shut EVERYTHING down?

[Time for Change]

they will not shut down gaming...they want the population fully distracted so they can continue eroding into a socialist state and carrying out criminal activities unchallenged.