Would you agree to the government having a kill switch that shut down the Internet in the event of a malicious cyber attack?
The majority of Americans do:
Sixty-one percent of Americans said the President should have the ability to shut down portions of the Internet in the event of a coordinated malicious cyber attack, according to research by Unisys. […]
“A majority of the American population is willing to grant the President the authority to cut short their Internet access to protect both U.S. assets and citizens, suggesting that the public is taking cyber warfare very seriously,” said Patricia Titus, VP and CISO, Unisys. “Our survey shows that the American public recognizes the danger of a cyber attack and wants the federal government to take an active role in extending the nation’s cyber defense. It will be up to officials in all branches of the federal government to respond to this call to action in a way that is measured and well planned.”
Back to you, Trish!
"My god. Status report, Lieutenant. Have any of our Internets been compromised?"
"Not so far, sir, but we are receiving reports of SPAMs DDOSing our firewall with spyware!"
"Evasive action! Update all of our antivirus softwares and get IT on the horn. We need to defrag our registry, stat!"
In other words, 61% of Americans have no fucking clue how the internet works. Wonderful. Presumably these people vote and have 'opinions' as well. Awesome. God bless America, because obviously we're in need of divine assistance.
Sometimes I wish i too were dumb enough to be both happy and confident, but I'd have to be so far gone that I wouldn't even realize that people like me were constantly groaning at the intellectually bankrupt nonsense I'd be vomiting in perpetuity.
What could possibly go wrong?
haha
My brother who is in the Air force thinks the president should be able to shut down the internet to prevent an attack on all the ways the military uses the internet. I told him that regardless of how it got started the internet is now part an essential part of free speech, and there is no eff-ing way it should be shut down for military reasons. If they don’t like it build a dedicated network that isn’t tied in.
Internetz aside, when will we Americans stop trading freedom for safety (or, some would argue, the *illusion* of safety). What happened to Liberty or Death? Sheesh...