Bill Would Grant President Unprecedented Cyber-security Powers

[Computer Hope Admin]

Scary!

The Cybersecurity Act of 2009 introduced in the Senate would allow the president to shut down private Internet networks. The legislation also calls for the government to have the authority to demand security data from private networks without regard to any provision of law, regulation, rule or policy restricting such access.

The headlines were all about creating a national cyber-security czar reporting directly to the president, but the Cybersecurity Act of 2009 introduced April 1 in the U.S. Senate would also give the president unprecedented authority over private-sector Internet services, applications and software.

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[Geek-9pm]

But does anybody think this can ever happen?
Really, how can you shut down the internet.
It is everywhere. 
If they shut down the phone company,
people could just get internet off the Wi Fi. Right? 

[Computer Hope Admin]

It's true the whole Internet couldn't be shut down, that's the whole reason it was created but if major networks were shutdown even private it could hamper services on the Internet and with the broad language in the bill it doesn't really go into specifics about what would qualify as a cyber-security emergency.