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Cyber Security Act

05-27-09, 09:11 PM

Did any one here about this bill that is in congress now? The government will have the authority to shut down any website or computer system that poses a threat to national security.. pretty disturbing stuff because they don't define anything... too much government intervention going on...
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05-27-09, 10:14 PM

looks pretty scary bro at first glance
disturbing

Federal Authority Over the Internet? The Cybersecurity Act of 2009

http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/04/cybersecurity-act

There's a new bill working its way through Congress that is cause for some alarm: the Cybersecurity Act of 2009 (PDF summary here), introduced by Senators Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME). The bill as it exists now risks giving the federal government unprecedented power over the...
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