Cyberattacks: Washington is hyping the threat to justify regulating the Internet

http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20100429/cm_csm/297733

by cdine • 16 years ago

29 6 16 years ago

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Replacing link posted earlier that resulted in a redirect loop

est• 16 years ago

China is doing exactly the same. According to the latest law from the News Regulation Bureau, it requires everyone to register their real life identity to get online to protect Internet security.

va_coder• 16 years ago

Really? wow

gojomo• 16 years ago

It's not so uncommon in paranoid jurisdictions. I don't know the situation now, but when I was in Italy a few years ago you couldn't even use an internet cafe without showing ID.

DanHulton• 16 years ago

Called it back in February:

http://www.danhulton.com/blog/2010/02/17/get-scared-and-subm...

amalcon• 16 years ago

"our power grids, air and ground transportation, telecommunications, and water-filtration systems are in jeopardy."

Simple solution to all but one of those: unplug the uplink cable. There's no reason that systems with control over power grids or water filtration systems should be connecting to any public network.

rbanffy• 16 years ago

I couldn't find the original at the CSM. Has anyone found it?

Cyberattacks: Washington is hyping the threat to justify regulating the Internet

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