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And, it's the reason governments will clamp down and regulate the internet more and more. This is why we can't have nice things.
by blurbytree 15y ago
And, it's the reason governments will clamp down and regulate the internet more and more.
This is why we can't have nice things.
- mike-cardwell 15y agoHacking is already illegal. What could governments have done to prevent this?
- drcube 15y ago"More laws!! Think of the children!"
- brc 15y agoWith respect, it's an awful question. Awful because some politician might read it and think - yes, what can I do to prevent it?
- frio 15y agoIntroduce SOPA/PIPA/a variant thereof, and takedown/prosecute anyone hosting this content.
- TomOfTTB 15y agoWhat they could, and are discussing doing, is defining Hacking as terrorism. I heard this from my own congressman's mouth and that's why this scares me. Because there were a log of Senators and Congressman subscribed to Stratfor and this is exactly the type of incident that might push them to act.
- paganel 15y ago> What they could, and are discussing doing, is defining Hacking as terrorism. I heard this from my own congressman's mouth and that's why this scares me. Because there were a log of Senators and Congressman subscribed to Stratfor and this is exactly the type of incident that might push them to act. I'm not a US citizen and I don't live in the States, even though I am a huge admirer of how your political system was first set up (the Founding Fathers and all that), but all I want to say is that if you, as a citizen, have started to be afraid just at the mere mention of something possibly passing into "terrorism" territory only because one of your elected represantives hinted about that then it means they've already won.
- eropple 15y agoHe's not saying he's scared of "terrorism", he's scared that they'll call it terrorism and use it as a club against People They Don't Like.
- paganel 15y agoEnglish is my mother tongue, but that's what I wanted to say, actually, that we shouldn't be afraid of people tagging random stuff as "terrorism", we should do something about it, otherwise we're just potatoes or vegetables waiting for bad things to happen.
- eropple 15y agoNo, I get that. I think the person you replied to was saying the same thing. =)
- blurbytree 15y agoFor example, they'd make anyone possessing, downloading, reading, printing etc any of these emails a 'terrorist' and imprison them indefinitely.
- mike-cardwell 15y agoI'm not afraid of that happening in my country. I doubt it would happen in the US either. And even if it did, there would still be hackers, still doing the same thing, and still getting away with it.
- rhizome 15y agoThey'll clamp down regardless. If anything maybe they'll try a little quicker this way, but they'd also run the risk of shooting too quick.