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

Cyberattacks: Washington is hyping the threat to justify regulating the Internet(news.yahoo.com)

29 points by cdine 16 years ago | 6 comments

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.

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.

DanHulton 16 years ago |

Called it back in February:

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

rbanffy 16 years ago |

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