Comments on: Cyber Security and YOU! http://simon-jester.org/2009/04/cyber-security-and-you/ And so are you Mon, 18 Apr 2011 13:20:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Fjolnirsson http://simon-jester.org/2009/04/cyber-security-and-you/comment-page-1/#comment-382 Fjolnirsson Thu, 14 May 2009 17:51:35 +0000 http://simon-jester.org/?p=159#comment-382 Huh, somehow I missed this post. I haven't heard anything more on it, but it's definitely one to watch. It alarmed me greatly when I learned of it, hence sending it to you. Thanks for posting it here. Huh, somehow I missed this post. I haven’t heard anything more on it, but it’s definitely one to watch. It alarmed me greatly when I learned of it, hence sending it to you. Thanks for posting it here.

]]> By: I am Simon Jester » Blog Archive » What First Amendment? http://simon-jester.org/2009/04/cyber-security-and-you/comment-page-1/#comment-193 I am Simon Jester » Blog Archive » What First Amendment? Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:40:38 +0000 http://simon-jester.org/?p=159#comment-193 [...] to be a presence on the WWW.  Is this simply a local PD trying to get a jump on the proposed Cyber Security Act?  Nope.  What it seems to be instead is a vindicitive local PD tired of getting its dirty laundry [...] [...] to be a presence on the http://WWW.  Is this simply a local PD trying to get a jump on the proposed Cyber Security Act?  Nope.  What it seems to be instead is a vindicitive local PD tired of getting its dirty laundry [...]

]]> By: Mike http://simon-jester.org/2009/04/cyber-security-and-you/comment-page-1/#comment-179 Mike Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:30:50 +0000 http://simon-jester.org/?p=159#comment-179 The whole information and online transaction system needs to be privatized, preferably offshore, a la Neal Stephenson's "Cryptonomicon". If you haven't read it you really should. I just wish I could think of a way to do it. The whole information and online transaction system needs to be privatized, preferably offshore, a la Neal Stephenson’s “Cryptonomicon”. If you haven’t read it you really should.

I just wish I could think of a way to do it.

]]> By: Nylarthotep http://simon-jester.org/2009/04/cyber-security-and-you/comment-page-1/#comment-176 Nylarthotep Mon, 06 Apr 2009 10:32:01 +0000 http://simon-jester.org/?p=159#comment-176 I'm not sure I agree with the government grown nerds statement. They already exist in various places, such as CERT teams and security teams in the military, and let's not forget the NSA. They are already well armed with the resources that they need. Though having the funding from the DoHS is suspicious other than it is likely the source of the funding. Ed Morrissey has the strongest point here, that you describe in better detail. The government likes nothing more than little files and if they have the freedom to force the private sector to fill out those little files against you and I we will most likely be the ones to suffer. Consider the megaDatabase where your health records are mixed with you RealID and your TSA flight records and then your buying records. (or your most recent driving profile from the E-Zpass for where you drove today) Imagine the inventive ways the government clones will find to make associations between data sets that make end users into assumed criminals. Data is a wonderful thing if used responsibly and carefully, but as we've seen with the Obots, they use even the limited information available to smear people. (Joe-the-Plumber is a perfect example.) This is a place for resistance. I’m not sure I agree with the government grown nerds statement. They already exist in various places, such as CERT teams and security teams in the military, and let’s not forget the NSA. They are already well armed with the resources that they need. Though having the funding from the DoHS is suspicious other than it is likely the source of the funding.

Ed Morrissey has the strongest point here, that you describe in better detail. The government likes nothing more than little files and if they have the freedom to force the private sector to fill out those little files against you and I we will most likely be the ones to suffer.

Consider the megaDatabase where your health records are mixed with you RealID and your TSA flight records and then your buying records. (or your most recent driving profile from the E-Zpass for where you drove today) Imagine the inventive ways the government clones will find to make associations between data sets that make end users into assumed criminals. Data is a wonderful thing if used responsibly and carefully, but as we’ve seen with the Obots, they use even the limited information available to smear people. (Joe-the-Plumber is a perfect example.)

This is a place for resistance.

]]> By: silvermine http://simon-jester.org/2009/04/cyber-security-and-you/comment-page-1/#comment-170 silvermine Sun, 05 Apr 2009 17:49:47 +0000 http://simon-jester.org/?p=159#comment-170 It's under homeland security because they want to train people for that. Just like my time in Russia was half paid for by the DoD. Of course, you're right -- they need their own little government nerds because real ones would never comply. Something they've discovered over the years. Geeks are far too free to do what the government wants. It’s under homeland security because they want to train people for that. Just like my time in Russia was half paid for by the DoD.

Of course, you’re right — they need their own little government nerds because real ones would never comply. Something they’ve discovered over the years. Geeks are far too free to do what the government wants.

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