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
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.