Keep yer damn hands off of mah intarwebz!
It's my opinion that anyone who values the freedom their internets provide them should outright oppose the measures Washington is taking to curtail such free-wheeling environments: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/12/AR2009051201743.html
I'm already aware of the government-appointed domestic spies in the online games I play. I hope my chat logs provide them many hours of painfully uncomfortable reading.
I love the logic present in this article, though. A 'Cyber Czar' (we are Russia, by the by) is needed to enhance national security against possible state-sponsored hackers. What would such hackers do to the unassuming, vulnerable American populace? Nothing. Would these unseen threats target our financial institutions, our online databases like Wikipedia, or our workplace files? No.
What would they target? If anything, the government itself. So, basically, what is being bandied about as national security is, in fact, security for the bigwigs in Washington. But I forget myself. Washington is The Nation now.
Taking bets now. Is there anyone out there who believes these powers won't be misused or in any way impact a single thing they do on the internet? I'm going to challenge you to lay down some cash on that one.
I'm already aware of the government-appointed domestic spies in the online games I play. I hope my chat logs provide them many hours of painfully uncomfortable reading.
I love the logic present in this article, though. A 'Cyber Czar' (we are Russia, by the by) is needed to enhance national security against possible state-sponsored hackers. What would such hackers do to the unassuming, vulnerable American populace? Nothing. Would these unseen threats target our financial institutions, our online databases like Wikipedia, or our workplace files? No.
What would they target? If anything, the government itself. So, basically, what is being bandied about as national security is, in fact, security for the bigwigs in Washington. But I forget myself. Washington is The Nation now.
Taking bets now. Is there anyone out there who believes these powers won't be misused or in any way impact a single thing they do on the internet? I'm going to challenge you to lay down some cash on that one.