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"The President ... may declare a cybersecurity emergency and order the limitation or shutdown of Internet traffic to and from any compromised Federal Government or United States critical infrastructure information system or network ...[and] may order the disconnection of any Federal Government or United States critical infrastructure information systems or networks in the interest of national security."

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Originally posted by canttakesky:
http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s773/show

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"The President ... may declare a cybersecurity emergency and order the limitation or shutdown of Internet traffic to and from any compromised Federal Government or United States critical infrastructure information system or network ...[and] may order the disconnection of any Federal Government or United States critical infrastructure information systems or networks in the interest of national security."

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Am I the only one that finds this ultra creepy?

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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
It's only a matter of time before the Internet WILL have to be terminated. The ever-increasing quantity and sophistication of cyber attacks against our critical systems such as power grids, water plants, transporation, military, ID theft, financial fraud, etc. will leave us with few options.

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Originally posted by badkarma00:

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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
It's only a matter of time before the Internet WILL have to be terminated. The ever-increasing quantity and sophistication of cyber attacks against our critical systems such as power grids, water plants, transporation, military, ID theft, financial fraud, etc. will leave us with few options.

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Looks to me like they can remove those systems from the net, and leave the rest to us, lol.

But, since I don't have one iota of knowledge about how that stuff works, I'm probably wrong.

Bad_karma
Great and Exalted Grand Pooba, International Brotherhood of Moonshiners, Rednecks, and Good Old Boys.

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