Comment Re:Rockefeller and Snowe? (Score 1) 194
Cusco,
Since they do not ( know what they are legislating ), the real concern is what they will come up with to 'ensure that all the bases are covered'. Read on.
- Since private networks will be " monitored ", 'they' ( not us obviously ) will need to be sure that some such are not hiding from them. Hence, ALL IT traffic must be monitored, all networks must be pre-authorized, and the only way to do that is to control everything - who has what operating system, who has what else, who is behind each address - physical, static and/or dynamic IP, who communicates with whom, and perhaps all the way down to who is using an ' excess ' amount of electricity - as a way to track those stealthy farms of systems & connections.
- And of course 'they' will want to know who is trying to hide in other ways, such as developing new protocols, new encryptions, new groups, private sources of power, and on and on.
- This will all be too much to monitor or legislate, and hence watch out for some 'catch all' things to appear, such as individual identity 'presences' which are both physical cards and electronic trackers and enablers.
To all, If you find my concerns about where all of this will lead to be too troubling or 'over the top', just recall what it is that the jack-booted ones of the left fear most - and that is freedom and liberty.
Since they do not ( know what they are legislating ), the real concern is what they will come up with to 'ensure that all the bases are covered'. Read on.
- Since private networks will be " monitored ", 'they' ( not us obviously ) will need to be sure that some such are not hiding from them. Hence, ALL IT traffic must be monitored, all networks must be pre-authorized, and the only way to do that is to control everything - who has what operating system, who has what else, who is behind each address - physical, static and/or dynamic IP, who communicates with whom, and perhaps all the way down to who is using an ' excess ' amount of electricity - as a way to track those stealthy farms of systems & connections.
- And of course 'they' will want to know who is trying to hide in other ways, such as developing new protocols, new encryptions, new groups, private sources of power, and on and on.
- This will all be too much to monitor or legislate, and hence watch out for some 'catch all' things to appear, such as individual identity 'presences' which are both physical cards and electronic trackers and enablers.
To all, If you find my concerns about where all of this will lead to be too troubling or 'over the top', just recall what it is that the jack-booted ones of the left fear most - and that is freedom and liberty.
