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Quotes of the week

Quotes of the week

Posted Jul 17, 2010 15:19 UTC (Sat) by Lukehasnoname (guest, #65152)
Parent article: Quotes of the week

I have great respect for Bruce. His quote is along the same lines as many other people I've talked to, Slashdotters, and myself.

1) The kill switch is either granular (able to shut down small areas) or sweeping (all or nothing).

-Sweeping shutdown would be worse for the population than almost anything that would 'require' such action.
-Granular capability is a dangerous power for the government to have, as they can shut down portions of the net for information control purposes as well as any supposed legitimate cause.

I don't like the idea of the government deciding who gets to speak and who doesn't. I KNOW, that's not the stated intention. But even the stated intention doesn't make much sense to a LOT of educated IT folk.


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