Friday, January 28, 2011

The KILL BILL

Renewed Push to Give Obama
an Internet "Kill Switch"

AHEM
In an attempt to stop the frenzied online spread of dissent against President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule, not only Facebook and Twitter but the entire Internet was shut down overnight, leaving some 20 million users stranded. [News Dispatch]
Obama's Kill Switch
Unlike Egypt, the United States has a surfeit of providers, so shutting us down will require some brute force, which is what Obama is wanting here.  For those who respond - "but Rodge, what about if we're electronically attacked by China?" -  I will counter with,   "Did FDR shutdown newspapers on Dec 8th, 1941?"  Same deal.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

"It's Called a "Club""

Yeah, what obambi would like to use on all dissenters...
I wonder if THAT would get folks on the ramparts?
RAK

Anonymous said...

Handy information to have: http://j.mp/fZGyl4 Link goes to Lifehacker website.

N.O'Really

Anonymous said...

If we had an internet kill switch, the Chinese would DoS our internets!

pdwalker said...

Here is a question for you:

How many of you still have computers with modems? You know, in case you ever needed to rebuild a communications network reasonably quickly?

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