Emergency Control of Internet?!
Monday, August 31, 2009
We recently read about a bill on CNET that "appears to permit the president to seize temporary control of private-sector networks during a so-called cybersecurity emergency".
Several Internet companies, telecommunications companies and civil liberties groups have expressed concerns.
In our opinion, the current state of the bill is completely unacceptable.
The people writing the bill say "We must protect our critical infrastructure at all costs--from our water to our electricity, to banking, traffic lights and electronic health records".
From a Network Engineer's point of view, those networks should not be shared on the Internet to begin with, and even if they are, how is shutting down the Internet going to help? This is just wrong on so many different levels.
posted by AbsoluteRaleigh @ 9:15 AM,
