The Cybersecurity Act of 2009

[WildspitzE]

This one is for you petertribo:

http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/04/cybersecurity-act

"Furthermore, the bill contains a particularly dangerous provision that could cripple privacy and security in one fell swoop:

The Secretary of Commerce— shall have access to all relevant data concerning (critical infrastructure) networks without regard to any provision of law, regulation, rule, or policy restricting such access…

In other words, the bill would give the Commerce Department absolute, non-emergency access to “all relevant data” without any privacy safeguards like standards or judicial review."

So it goes...:rolleyes:

[don]

Re: The Cybersecurity Act of 2009

This all started with cellphones, remember. For some reason Constitutional rights didn't apply to cellphones, only landlines. It's gone on exponentially from there. with the Patriot Acts sweeping up whatever's been left behind. In a bizarre way (sick way?) there's a certain sense of wonder that a serendipitous technically like 'cellphones' could be cited and swallowed by the public at large as okay and somehow rational as a negation of those Rights.