Does Obama want to kill the Internet?

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The White House plans to submit a bill next year that would require all online services that enable communications to be technically equipped to comply with a wiretap order. That would include providers of encrypted e-mail, such as BlackBerry, networking sites like Facebook and direct communication services like Skype.

Federal law enforcement and national security officials say new the regulations are needed because terrorists and criminals are increasingly giving up their phones to communicate online.

"We're talking about lawfully authorized intercepts," said FBI lawyer Valerie E. Caproni. "We're not talking about expanding authority."

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The Times said the Obama proposal would likely include several requires:

* Any service that provides encrypted messages must be capable of unscrambling them.

* Any foreign communications providers that do business in the U.S. would have to have an office in the United States that's capable of providing intercepts.

* Software developers of peer-to-peer communications services would be required to redesign their products to allow interception.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100927/ap_on_hi_te/us_internet_wiretaps

[Obama 2012 1,714]

must be nice to sit in the Capitol or in the Pentagon and dream up things you 'need' to do to watch the 'little' people.

Wrath comes to those who seek too much power.

[Danno 1,228]

I suspect in 10 or 20 years time, we will look back on this time as the "wild west" of the internet age.

We'll see the boundaries well marked, the fences going up, the lawmen moving in...... taxes being levied and all the nooks and crannies being tamed ....tidied and under safe control.

Edited September 27, 2010 by Danno

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

I thought Charles! was destroying the internetz...

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I suspect in 10 or 20 years time, we will look back on this time as the "wild west" of the internet age.

We'll see the boundaries well marked, the fences going up, the lawmen moving in...... taxes being levied and all the nooks and crannies being tamed ....tidied and under safe control.

Time to beef up those stashes of free porn.

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

must be nice to sit in the Capitol or in the Pentagon and dream up things you 'need' to do to watch the 'little' people.

Wrath comes to those who seek too much power.

"When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty."

- Tommy J.

[mawilson 2,133]

* Any service that provides encrypted messages must be capable of unscrambling them.

[Ban Hammer 13,659]

I thought Charles! was destroying the internetz...

i've extended my influence to the white house, and they are my pawn in my master plan.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

i've extended my influence to the white house, and they are my pawn in my master plan.

Is this you as well?

Pentagon Silent on Iranian Nuke Virus

WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon is refusing to comment on widespread accusations that it is responsible for coordinating a cyber-attack against Iran's nuclear facilities. Earlier this month the Iranians acknowledged the "Stuxnet Worm" had invaded software it uses at multiple nuclear production plants.

Pentagon Spokesman Col. David Lapan said Monday the Department of Defense can "neither confirm nor deny" reports that it launched this attack.

The Stuxnet worms enters networks through USB portals and is designed specifically to attack software made by Siemens, the German owned industrial corporation. German intelligence agencies have been known to cooperate closely with the United States. Combine this fact with that the United States and Israel both have a vested interest in stopping the Iranians from acquiring a nuclear weapon, and you have the three main suspects behind the worm: the U.S., Israel, and Germany.

It's also important to note that researchers have determined the worm originated sometime in early 2010. Therefore if it was initiated by the United States it would have been done under the Obama administration.

Last year the Pentagon was attacked by a virus that temporarily shut down email services in the Pentagon. That worm also entered the system through commonly used flash drives, or portable hard drives, that plug into USB ports. Since that attack the Pentagon has banned the use of flash drives throughout the Department of Defense, and that ban remains in place today.

The Department of Homeland Security said last week it is taking precautions to defend the U.S. against the Stuxnet worm.

Read more: http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/09/27/pentagon-silent-on-iranian-nuke-virus/#ixzz10mK1z0VF

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Short answer...no.

The internet is far too valuable. Obama wants to CONTROL the internet. That's all.

[Ban Hammer 13,659]

Is this you as well?

no comment

[luckytxn 2,265]

No. Obama the Socialist needs the internet to put out the code words to unleash his zombies again.