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Bill Allows Obama Power to Shut Down Internet

Bill Allows Obama Power to Shut Down Internet

The President of the United States is said by some to be the most powerful man in the world -- but should he have control of the spread of information.

A legislation proposed on April 1 is no joke. The proposed bill would grant President Obama the authority to shut down public and private networks -- including the restriction of internet traffic -- as part of a cybersecurity emergency plan.

The bill was introduced by West Virginia Democratic Sen. John Rockefeller and Sen. Olympia Snowe, a Republican from Maine. The aim of the bill is to unite both public and private network operators to develop regulations for what to do in case of a cyber attack.

For obvious reasons, many are concerned about what such power could mean if the wrong actions were taken. Leslie Harris, president and CEO at the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), said in a NetworkWorld story, “This is pretty sweeping legislation. Seems the President could turn off the Internet completely or tell someone like Verizon to limit or block certain traffic. There is a lot to worry about in this bill.”

While the public sector may be used to more government regulation and involvement, such control will undoubtedly bother corporations. CDT’s Harris added that regulatory rules could force companies to all conform to a similar system, which could hamper security and innovation. For example, if a critical security flaw was found in a mandated system, then the entire network could be susceptible to such a flaw.

Corporations, particularly internet-centric companies, are keeping close watch on how this will pan out.

“We are currently studying this legislation,” said Dan Martin, a spokesman for Google. “Security has been a priority at Google from the beginning of the company – we recognize that secure products are instrumental in maintaining the trust our users place in us.”

The politicians behind the bill do clarify that this is just the first proposal and that there is still room for much revision and evolution.

“This legislation is the beginning of the process - the objective of this cybersecurity bill is to start the debate and chairman Rockefeller welcomes comments from all parties, he is sitting down with stakeholders already and he welcomes input from all those supportive of the legislation and those with concerns,” said Jena Longo, deputy communications director for the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation.

Izvor: PC vesti

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The Cybersecurity Act of 2009 (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.

Rockefeller made cybersecurity one of his key issues as a member of the Senate intelligence committee, which he chaired until last year. He now heads the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, which will take up this bill.

"We must protect our critical infrastructure at all costs—from our water to our electricity, to banking, traffic lights and electronic health records—the list goes on," Rockefeller said in a statement. Snowe echoed her colleague, saying, "if we fail to take swift action, we, regrettably, risk a cyber-Katrina."

But the wide powers outlined in the Rockefeller-Snowe legislation has at least one Internet advocacy group worried. "The cybersecurity threat is real," says Leslie Harris, head of the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), "but such a drastic federal intervention in private communications technology and networks could harm both security and privacy."

The bill could undermine the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), says CDT senior counsel Greg Nojeim. That law, enacted in the mid '80s, requires law enforcement seek a warrant before tapping in to data transmissions between computers.

"It's an incredibly broad authority," Nojeim says, pointing out that existing privacy laws "could fall to this authority."

Jennifer Granick, civil liberties director at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, says that granting such power to the Commerce secretary could actually cause networks to be less safe. When one person can access all information on a network, "it makes it more vulnerable to intruders," Granick says. "You've basically established a path for the bad guys to skip down."

The bill's scope, she says, is "contrary to what the Constitution promises us." That's because of the impact it could have on Internet users' privacy rights: If the Commerce Department uncovers evidence of illegal activity when accessing "critical" networks, that information could be used against a potential defendant, even if the department never had the intent to find incriminating evidence. And this might violate the Constitutional protection against searches without cause.

"Once information is accessed, it can be used for whatever purpose, no matter the original reason for accessing something," Granick says. "Who's interested in this [bill]? Law enforcement and people in the security industry who want to ensure more government dollars go to them."

Nojeim, though, thinks it's possible the bill's powers could be trimmed as it moves through Congress. "We will be working with them to clarify just what is needed and how to accomplish that," he says. "We're hopeful that some of the very broad powers that the bill would confer won't be included.

A i FB je opasan i vazan je za borbu protiv terorizma 


Tajne službe nadgledat će Facebook

Svako prijateljstvo sklopljeno na društvenim servisima poput Facebooka ili MySpacea bit će kontrolirano i zabilježeno u velikoj špijunskog bazi podataka u sklopu novog antiterorističkog plana, najavile su britanske vlasti. Vijest su potkrijepile izjavom kako je kontrola kontakta presudna za borbu protiv terorizma i organizirano kriminala.

Najava je izazvala veliku pobunu udruga za ljudska prava koji su moguće kontroliranje prometa na društvenim servisima prozvali 'neopisivim napadom na privatnost', prenosi Daily Mail.

- Vlasti vrše pritisak razmjenu podataka i uništavaju privatnost informacije. Za početak, njihov plan stvaranja modernog programa za nadzor potpuno je nemoguć i postaje sve nerealniji svakim novim prijedlogom vlasti - izjavio je Michael Parker, glasnogovornik građanske udruge NO2ID koja se bori protiv udara na ljudske slobode i privatnost.

Ideja da se prate svi telefonski pozivi, tekstovi i elektronička pošta svih ljudi u Velikoj Britaniji, ističe Parker, neopisiv je napad na građane.

Društveni servisi privukli su pažnju sigurnosnih službi jer nisu  zaštićeni pravilima o praćenju terorističke aktivnosti u e-pošti te na internetu koje su donešene u Bruxellesu nakon napada na London 2005. godine.

Novim bi zakonom tvrtke koje vode društvene servise morale čuvati sve detalje svojih korisnika te zapise komunikacije koja se provodi na njihovim stranicama. Ukoliko zakon 'prođe' vlasti će nadgledati oko 37 milijuna Britanaca.

Protivnici prijedloga ističu da je plan nadgledanja telefona i računala vrlo skupa investicija. Također dodaju da je zabrinjavajuće kako će motriti društvene stranice koje imaju vrlo osjetljive detalje poput seksualne orijentacije ili religijskog opredjeljenja.

Facebook je novi sigurnosni plan opisao kao 'pretjeranu mjeru' te moli vlasti da razmisle o njegovom uvođenjnu.

- Vlada po pitanju nacionalne sigurnosti ima svako pravo činiti sve što je u njenoj moći kako bi se borila protiv kriminala - izjavio je britanski ministar unutarnjih poslova Vernon Coaker.

Njegova je izjava kasnije malo pojašnjena.

- Vlasti nemaju nikakvog interesa za sadržaj društvenih servisa, no kominikacija je napredovala i moramo promijeniti zakon kako bi se sigurnosne mogle i dalje boriti protiv terorizma. Nećemo provjeravati sadržajke pošte ili poruka - zaključila je glasnogovornica britanskog ministarstva unutarnjih poslova.

Izvor: Jutranji.hr

Greška.
Rad je samo definisan na sasvim drugi način,od ovog danas.

Na koji nacin, objasni mi, jer ja nikako ne moigu da ga zamislim?

Osim ako nije u pitanju rad na sebi, usavrsavanje sebe... Ali koliko je ljudi, u danasnjem svetu, spremno za takav rad? 

Sta mislis ?? 

@Coolrunner
 Kakve grozne vesti 
 Idu korak po korak. Polako i polako,strpljivo donose zakon po zakon oduzimajući sve više sloboda. Na kraju će ovce da se probude u Orvelovom sistemu sa policijom na sve strane i čekpointima.
 Ne ide to naglo,korak po korak pa makar i mileli jer oni imaju strpljenja

Moram da iznesem par opservacija:

- vidim da mnogi "shvataju" kako je Venus jedna plemenita ideja ali je tobozhe neizvodljiva. Da su svi ljudi tako razmishljali mi bismo i danas zhiveli u pecini i jeli crkotine. Ili vam se svidja ideja ili ne. Ako vam se svidja upoznajte shto vishe ljudi sa istom, jer i put od hiljadu milja pochinje jednim korakom. Ako vam se ideja ne svidja onda se borite protiv toga. Najgore je biti "silent majority", krdo ljudi koji nishta ne rade i samo vichu "ma jok" "ma nema shanse". Niko normalan nece mimo sveta da ode u shumu i da uzgaja organske biljke i drobi o nekim hipi idejama. Zhivite svoj zhivot kao i do sad ali potrudite se makar da ga za mrvicu promenite na bolje. Dakle za pochetak informishite okolinu o svakoj plemenitoj ideji pa i ovoj.

- Venus Project nije nikakva dogma vec prilichno razradjen sistem, konkretno reshenje. Ko smisli bolje neka se javi, jer Venus Project upravo to i propagira. U svakom sluchaju se sistem mora promeniti jer je postojeci neodrzhiv.

- Najveca ljudska dostignuca su vecinom bila plod entuzijazma, tako da prichu kako je novac najbitniji mozhemo okachiti machku o rep. Podseticu vas da je Tesla, koji je bio prilichni kapitalistichki nastrojen, pocepao najvredniji ugovor u istoriji ekonomije. Danas bi vredeo trilione dolara. Radi se o ugovoru koji je sklopio sa Westinghouse-om.

- Lepo kazhe u filmu da 50% ljudi radi volonterski 4.5 sata dnevno u proseku. Ljudi hoce da rade ono shto vole i bez naknade. Kad sam bio klinac, ceo komshiluk bi se skupio jednom mesechno i chistio chitav kvart. Mi klinci, jebivetri najobichniji, smo sledili njihov primer. U skorije vreme nisam video tako neshto. Potreban je samo neko ko bi pokrenuo takve stvari. Ljudi su bez naknade gradili autoputeve i solitere.

- Bilo bi lepo da prestanete da se takmichite ko ima veci kurac i da shvatite da svi zhivite u istom kavezu. Mnoge pristalice projekta prizheljkuju njegovu propast i kataklizmu samo da bi ispali pametniji od svih ostalih. Zamisljam ih na rushevinama atomskog rata izmedju pacova i bubashvabe kako vichu "ha ha, I told you so ..."

- Ljudi su loshi, ovce, izgubljeni, zasluzhuju da budu zbrisani ... takve stvari se provlache ovde prechesto. Pa ako je tako, edukujte ih, pomozite im uchinite svet boljim za mrvu i prestanite da kenjate.

Ako mislish da li sam govorio o Tebi ... pa, ako ti je palo na pamet, govorio sam o Tebi.

Meni se cini da su oni koji su, kako ti kazes, "ziveli u pecinam i jeli crkotine (sic!)", bili mnogo srecniji nego oni koji bi ziveli u sterilnom svetu..
Brisanje razlicitosti, samo po sebi, je lose...

Inace, ako vec toliko volite da citate fantastiku, predlazem ti da procitas seriju "Hiperion\Endimion" Dena Simonsa... on daje sjajnu sliku drustva opsednutog tehnologijom...

I da podsetim, za proizvodnju svega toga potrebne su... sta?  Pare...

BTW. Ako smem da primetim...







 

Ako zaista verujesh da su ljudi u pecini bili srecni ... ok ... two thumbs up  ... i da ljudi su jeli ono shto lavovima ostane ... tako kazhe Bear Grylls ... 

Niko nije rekao da u Venus Projectu ljudi treba da budu isti. Oblachili bi se kako hoce, jeli shta hoce (dok toga ima dovoljno, ali tako je i danas), voleli koga hoce ... niko nije spomenuo drushtvo robota, vec krajnje slobodno drushtvo ...

Smisli neshto bolje, nema problema ... ili uzhivaj u danashnjem sistemu, dok josh traje ... i meni je jako lepo danas, ali bojim se da mnogima nije i da sutra nece nikom biti lepo.

Uzgred, ja se lichno ne palim na te priche o masonima, iluminatima, templarima ... to je za zaludne.

Izvodljiv je Venus Prc. ali samo na nekoj maloj povrsini, nikako na globalnom nivou.