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 Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 6:53 am Post subject: Internet Privacy and Personal Access at Risk |
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3. Internet Privacy and Personal Access at Risk
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Following in the steps of its predecessor, the Obama administration is expanding mass government surveillance of personal electronic communications. This surveillance, which includes the monitoring of the Internet as well as private (nongovernmental) computers, is proceeding with the proposal or passage of new laws granting government agencies increasingly wider latitude in their monitoring activities. At the same time, private companies and even some schools are engaging in surveillance activities that further diminish personal privacy.
In spring 2009, Senate Bill 773, the Cybersecurity Act of 2009 (see "Should Obama Control the Internet?"), was proposed, which gives the president power to declare a cyber security emergency� with respect to private computer networks, and to do with these networks what it deems necessary to diffuse the attack. In a national emergency, the president would also have the power to completely shut down the Internet in the US. The proposal requires that certain private computer systems and networks be �managed� by �cyberprofessionals� licensed by the federal government. The bill permits the president to direct the national response to the cyber threat if necessary for national defense and security; to conduct �periodic mapping� of private networks deemed to be critical to national security; and to require these companies to �share� information requested by the federal government. |
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