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| Topic: Are YOU A 'Perfect Citizen' ... ? | |
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Edited by
Kings_Knight
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Wed 07/07/10 08:52 PM
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Why no, there's no need to be concerned - move along - nothing to see here ... besides, it's for your own good. Shut up and do as you're told. While there MAY be a legitimate security application for these sensors, this, like so many other promising technologies, is still subject to abuse and misuse. If it CAN be misused, it WILL be misused. But it's for 'your own good' ... remember that ...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704545004575352983850463108.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLETopStories U.S. NEWS | JULY 8, 2010 U.S. Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies The federal government is launching an expansive program dubbed "Perfect Citizen" to detect cyber assaults on private companies and government agencies running such critical infrastructure as the electricity grid and nuclear-power plants, according to people familiar with the program. The surveillance by the National Security Agency, the government's chief eavesdropping agency, would rely on a set of sensors deployed in computer networks for critical infrastructure that would be triggered by unusual activity suggesting an impending cyber attack, though it wouldn't persistently monitor the whole system, these people said. Defense contractor Raytheon Corp. recently won a classified contract for the initial phase of the surveillance effort valued at up to $100 million, said a person familiar with the project. An NSA spokeswoman said the agency had no information to provide on the program. A Raytheon spokesman declined to comment. Some industry and government officials familiar with the program see Perfect Citizen as an intrusion by the NSA into domestic affairs, while others say it is an important program to combat an emerging security threat that only the NSA is equipped to provide. "The overall purpose of the [program] is our Government ... feel[s] that they need to insure the Public Sector is doing all they can to secure Infrastructure critical to our National Security," said one internal Raytheon email, the text of which was seen by The Wall Street Journal. "Perfect Citizen is Big Brother." Raytheon declined to comment on this email. A U.S. military official called the program long overdue and said any intrusion into privacy is no greater than what the public already endures from traffic cameras. It's a logical extension of the work federal agencies have done in the past to protect physical attacks on critical infrastructure that could sabotage the government or key parts of the country, the official said. |
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It's about time the government started fighting crime online. Cyber assaults are currently the easiest crimes to get away with because the only protection, most of the time, is a basic firewall. I wouldn't be surprised if there will soon be cyber terrorists. With almost all our infrastructure accessible over the internet we could be sent back to the 17th century with a few clicks.
I for one am willing to give up some privacy for "Perfect Citizen" if that's what it takes. |
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I'm a perfect citizen, I vote Republican!
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