Despite what some people might think, I’m not necessarily that fond of government, particularly as it relates to the attitude of many in government for their perpetual nosiness. I’m also not too fond of the control freaks and it’s even worse when you combine those qualities.
I heard before that it was in the works, but now the U.S. government is bringing in a so-called “Internet kill-switch.” Why? Well, apparently to protect you from a “cyber 9/11” along with “Our economic security, national security and public safety are now all at risk from new kinds of enemies — cyber-warriors, cyber-spies, cyber-terrorists and cyber-criminals,” according to Joe Lieberman.
So to “protect” us all from these deadly Internet threats, the U.S. feels it necessary, in addition to spying on everyone, enact a bill that would allow it to completely shut down parts of the Internet inside its borders.
This kind of contrived creeping paranoia concerns me, even though live in Canada. We have a prime minister who seems to love all things American, good or bad, and likes to import the things most Canadians cringe at. I highly doubt he’ll allow us the right to keep and bear arms, but that’s another post.
I worry that Stephen Harper goes weak in the knees fantasizing about doing the same in Canada. Any excuse to exert control.
What really needs to happen to protect us from Internet threats is that people need to have property security measures on their computer, as well as government and industry computers having the same.
Until that happens, no amount of shutting down the Internet in the name of protecting us will do a damn bit of good, aside from creating a tremendous amount of economic damage. Even worse? You won’t be able to sue anyone to recover the damages!
You really ought to read the story. It’ll make you sick, unless you’re Obama or Harper. We must be protected from the series of tubes!
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