Net Neutrality is a double edged sword
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again Net Neutrality is a double edged sword. Sure I want the Internet to be free and return back to the good ‘ol days, no blocking of torrents or filtering my data. Even now governments are finding news ways to make Net Neutrality even more restrictive than any company could ever dream about. Just check out what is happening for search engines and the new concept of “search neutrality“. Be careful what you wish for folks.
Who in their mind thinks a Internet “kill Switch” is a good idea?
Is it just me or are we getting more and more stupid these days. The civil rights of American citizens, a once shining example in the free world just keeps getting covered up in the goo that is government. It has come to this the Senate Homeland “still sounds like fatherland to me” Security Committee approves the use of a “kill Switch” for the internet.
The bill, co-sponsored by Sens. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Tom Carper (D-Del.) would make the Department of Homeland Security responsible for protecting civilian networks in the government and private sector. Now the key part of this sentence is “Department of Homeland Security responsible for protecting civilian networks in the government and private sector” honestly this bill puts the government in charge of private networks, oh this should end good. When we realize that nothing Washington D.C. does is for us, they only want power and lucky for them we just sit back and say here ya go. Read all about it here.
Looks like Orwell was just off by a few years.
Cyberwar, are we being lied to?
Sure we are, we get lied to everyday. Nothing like top secret government contracts and a little fear mongering. Great article in wired that really gets to the meat of the issue. Look is internet security an issue? Of course it is, but should we let governments run the show, never. No one I’m sorry to say is watching the watchers. Cyberwar? I’m not so sure about that. Getting lied to by the government. I’m positive about that one.
ACTA treaty is evil
The ACTA or Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement must be defeated at all cost. Jason Mick on Daily Tech writes “Championed by both former President George W. Bush and current President Barack Obama, the proposal is the child of countless millions in international lobbying money from the media industry. It aims to enact constant monitoring of citizens’ online activities — even perfectly legitimate ones — and grants border agents in the U.S. and many member states the power of warrantless search and seizures — provisions that would grant them the power to destroy U.S. citizens’ laptops, iPods, or CDs, if the agents suspected that they might contain infringed content. And the best part? The cost of the bill will be footed by the taxpayers themselves — without even giving them a clue as to what’s happening.”
Honestly could this be any more sinister. Somehow we as citizens must make sure this evil treaty never gets signed. It’s one thing to want to protect your intellectual property but it’s another thing to destroy every thing the United States and other like minded countries have fought long and hard for. Are we willing to let our freedoms be dictated to us by the media industry. I for one am not, we must do what ever we can to expose this scandalous treaty and according to the United States Constitution illegal treaty.
Again from Jason Mick - ” The treaty and the recent information on how the U.S. fought to keep it secret raises alarming questions about politicians at the highest level on both sides of the political aisle. Why would our nation’s leaders plot and champion a treaty that would raise citizens’ taxes in order to violate their constitutional rights, as a favor for major corporations? And more importantly, why would these leaders fight to keep the treaty secret, when transparency and public participation form the foundation of our nation? “
If you want to educate yourself on this dastardly treaty the EFF ” Electronic Frontier Foundation ” has amassed a huge list of information on the subject of he ACTA click here to read all about it. If you want to help shine some light on this secret and underhanded treaty go here and tell your elected officials what you think.
Get your damn hands off my Internet!
I’m talking to you government, entertainment industry, and monopoly service providers. What happened to my really cool and interesting Internet. Well I tell you one thing that unless something is done it will be gone forever. Big business and the government (trust me net neutrality laws will just make it worst) are conspiring to make it nothing more than a revenue stream. It will be back to the bulletin board systems and dark nets for those of us that don’t want to be spied upon or sued. Let me get one thing straight this has nothing to do with illegal activity on the net. Laws in many countries are begin passed that have nothing to do with copyright infringement, laws that I swear it seams are being put in place just to make the internet not even worth the bother. Hey lets turn off all those really convenient hot spots A law in the UK called the Digital Economy Bill will do just that. We all know how evil it is to see naked people good thing the smart people from down under have it all figured out tiny tits may turn us all in to sex fiends. Well this is good news US government rescinds leave internet alone policy, funny like it ever did. How great is it that lobbyist from around the world have convenience governments that it’s just fine to have a 3 strikes rule. Oh you know do something wrong 3 times and you’re cut off for good. Forget that MAC addresses can be spoofed or there is no such thing as a false positive. Why even bother with the pesky Constitution or Bill of Rights (here in the US) , those don’t really count any more now do they.
It’s sad to me to see something that has such great potential being picked downed to irrelevance. At one point it really looked like the Internet was going to level the playing field but that’s precisely why governments and big business are doing what they are doing. They won’t stop till the Internet is fully within their control.