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Solution to 1 & 2: Make use of Windows on any Federal computer or power grid control system illegal, punishable by public whipping. Let's call this EO what it
by taw9 14y ago
Solution to 1 & 2: Make use of Windows on any Federal computer or power grid control system illegal, punishable by public whipping.
Let's call this EO what it is: erosion of privacy, redux.
This has nothing to do with political parties. This is about money. Stinks of MPAA...
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- tptacek 14y agoIn exactly what sense does this EO have anything to do with privacy? It is a more limited version of Lieberman-Collins; you can read that bill online right now, and it's linked from the story. You should be able to find a clause or pattern of clauses that points to "erosion of privacy".
- shirederby 14y agoI don't know if the update that added it was present when you read it, but the quote from TechDirt explains why it might be a "privacy disaster." And the post on OpenCongress mentions that "inclusion of this report [to examine the legality of limiting liability of private actors for disclosing information] suggests that the Administration may believe there is a potential work-around for the privacy laws."
- tptacek 14y agoI don't know if the update that added it was present when you read it, but the quote from TechDirt explains BZZT COMPUTER OVER. VIRUS=VERY YES.
- shirederby 14y ago...I don't, err, get it. I have a couple ideas but I'm not confident enough in them to assume veracity.
- taw9 14y agohttp://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/aug/02/cybersecurity-act-surveillance-bill-disguise http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/aug/02/cybersec...
- yuhong 14y ago>Solution to 1 & 2: Make use of Windows on any Federal computer or power grid control system illegal, punishable by public whipping. Huh?
- thedeuce 14y agohe's probably under educated leave him be
- taw9 14y agoModern cybersecurity threats generally involve (1) legions of zombie computers and (2) weak native OS security. "No Windows = No Problem" is not an overstatement. The fact that we have nuclear power plants running on Windows in this country is abso-fucking-lutely terrifying.
- yuhong 14y agoWhat is exactly wrong with Windows itself that leads to these problems? And even if there is, it doesn't mean that it is as simple as that.