New Bill Gives Obama 'Kill Switch' To Shut Down The Internet

Run_to_da_hills · 19-06-2010 4:12pm #1

The federal government would have “absolute power” to shut down the Internet under the terms of a new US Senate bill being pushed by Joe Lieberman, legislation which would hand President Obama a figurative “kill switch” to seize control of the world wide web in response to a Homeland Security directive.

The US government want to stop TRUTH from leaking out to the public. They’re afraid of Wikileaks, Infowars, Prisonplanet, Boards.ie etc, etc.:p

They’re afraid of the slaves waking up.

http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/06/18/does-the-internet-need-a-kill-switch/

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/obama-internet-kill-switch-proposed-20100618-yln6.html?autostart=1

Doyler92 · 19-06-2010 4:12pm

They can do all they want but I shall never be stopped.

jd007 · 19-06-2010 4:13pm

But...but.. where will I get my porn then?

easyeason3 · 19-06-2010 4:14pm

Barrack seems like a sound bloke, you know for a black man like.

19-06-2010 4:16pm

easyeason3 wrote: »

Barrack seems like a sound bloke, you know for a black man like.

a bit racist like

19-06-2010 4:16pm

jd007 wrote: »

But...but.. where will I get my porn then?

Ah the classic streamer.. I'm different, I like to think of myself as a squirrel stashing away my porn for the winter.

easyeason3 · 19-06-2010 4:17pm

rarnes1 wrote: »

a bit racist like

I'm just saying.

Wolfe Tone · 19-06-2010 4:19pm

easyeason3 wrote: »

I'm just saying.

Do I smell KFC?

easyeason3 · 19-06-2010 4:20pm

MUSSOLINI wrote: »

Do I smell KFC?

KFC?

cullen5998 · 19-06-2010 4:22pm

MUSSOLINI wrote: »

Do I smell KFC?

Haha:D I get it, unlike some:eek:

Overheal · 19-06-2010 4:23pm

I've been hearing about this for years.

Makes a lot of damned sense, tbph.

The US government want to stop TRUTH from leaking out to the public. They’re afraid of Wikileaks, Infowars, Prisonplanet, Boards.ie etc, etc.

Ah Pfft.

Im sure theyre more concerned that hackers/computer technicians have demonstratively been able to access US Power Stations over IP and cause real world damage. In the experiment, a hacker took a turbine's regulator sensor offline and it in turn caused the turbine to burn itself out.

Forbes - America's Hackable Backbone

Nodin · 19-06-2010 4:24pm

MUSSOLINI wrote: »

Do I smell KFC?

Careful now.

Genrikh Yagoda · 19-06-2010 4:26pm

stories like this are almost always bs

Overheal · 19-06-2010 4:28pm

Genrikh Yagoda wrote: »

stories like this are almost always bs

So then you havent bothered to google "Internet Kill Switch" today?

Abelloid · 19-06-2010 4:31pm

Well it is their internet, they can do what they want with it.

Mike 1972 · 19-06-2010 4:31pm

Surely this proposal would simply lead to other countries getting together and building a "second" internet

Just like the EU Russia and several other countries want to do with GPS

InkSlinger67 · 19-06-2010 4:32pm

I'm with Eircom so I don't mind if Barrack takes it tbh!

karlog · 19-06-2010 4:32pm

I thought no one controlled the internet. Thats a wiki fact.

Sofaspud · 19-06-2010 4:32pm

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

They’re afraid of the slaves waking up.

Well that's just silly.

If the slaves are asleep, how can they do the master's bidding?

Shenanigans!

Genrikh Yagoda · 19-06-2010 4:34pm

Overheal wrote: »

I've been hearing about this for years.

Makes a lot of damned sense, tbph.Ah Pfft.

Im sure theyre more concerned that hackers/computer technicians have demonstratively been able to access US Power Stations over IP and cause real world damage. In the experiment, a hacker took a turbine's regulator sensor offline and it in turn caused the turbine to burn itself out.

Forbes - America's Hackable Backbone

I got this :pac:

http://perezhilton.com/2010-06-18-obama-to-get-an-internet-kill-switch

MitchKoobski · 19-06-2010 4:34pm

Why would he be allowed have a kill switch for the entire internet? Would it not make sense if he had control over access in America?

I don't wanna be in the middle of jerking of to watching some porn documentary online and have it shut off because Obama got a bit edgy.

Mike 1972 · 19-06-2010 4:37pm

Its an idiotic proposal.

Imagine if in wartime Britain Churchill decided the existing blackout measures were inadequate to protect against air-raids and ordered the cutting off of electricity supplies to entire cities ?

Zombienosh · 19-06-2010 4:38pm

They should cut off tv.

Run_to_da_hills · 19-06-2010 4:43pm

AlcoholicA wrote: »

They should cut off tv.

They couldn't possibly do that, its their tool.

vodafoneproblem · 19-06-2010 4:44pm

They should have a junk food kill switch.

MagicMarker · 19-06-2010 4:46pm

Looks like I'll have to stock up on pens so.

bonerm · 19-06-2010 4:46pm

No internet? I can't go back to TV, man!

/the shakes

mooman · 19-06-2010 5:01pm

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

The federal government would have “absolute power” to shut down the Internet under the terms of a new US Senate bill being pushed by Joe Lieberman, legislation which would hand President Obama a figurative “kill switch” to seize control of the world wide web in response to a Homeland Security directive.

The US government want to stop TRUTH from leaking out to the public. They’re afraid of Wikileaks, Infowars, Prisonplanet, Boards.ie etc, etc.:p

They’re afraid of the slaves waking up.

http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/06/18/does-the-internet-need-a-kill-switch/

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/obama-internet-kill-switch-proposed-20100618-yln6.html?autostart=1

What makes them think they can turn off the World Wide Web. F*ckin Americans.

MagicMarker · 19-06-2010 5:08pm

I think it means turning it off in the U.S, not the whole world.

mooman · 19-06-2010 5:09pm

MagicMarker wrote: »

I think it means turning it off in the U.S, not the whole world.

Ah right he can work away so it's his own loss

19-06-2010 5:14pm

Ah no. Without Google I won't be able to win any debates or arguements. I mean do you know how heavy encyclopedias are to carry around? Damn.

And who is this Bill fella and why would he want to cut off my porno? Evil fiend.

Tar.Aldarion · 19-06-2010 5:16pm

how does one turn off an internetwork here from america

Coriolanus · 19-06-2010 5:17pm

I thought the whole point of the web was that it was diffuse, numerous server nodes, ability to re route around damaged sectors etc?
So sure, they can turn off the web in the States, but afaik not all world traffic is diverted through US property so I'm not sure how this would effect me emailing my cousin in France. Sure, might slow the rest of the world down as admins or whoever reroute around long used US terminals but it'd hardly "kill" the internet.

Sofaspud · 19-06-2010 5:20pm

Nevore wrote: »

I thought the whole point of the web was that it was diffuse, numerous server nodes, ability to re route around damaged sectors etc?
So sure, they can turn off the web in the States, but afaik not all world traffic is diverted through US property so I'm not sure how this would effect me emailing my cousin in France. Sure, might slow the rest of the world down as admins or whoever reroute around long used US terminals but it'd hardly "kill" the internet.

Exactly, it's a series of tubes.

ballsymchugh · 19-06-2010 5:25pm

his loss really, he'll never be able to partake in interesting discussions about things that make you go WTF, or pushy guys on a night out. not to mention whatever the fúck airsoft are up to these days.

Prof.Badass · 19-06-2010 5:26pm

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

The federal government would have “absolute power” to shut down the Internet under the terms of a new US Senate bill being pushed by Joe Lieberman, legislation which would hand President Obama a figurative “kill switch” to seize control of the world wide web in response to a Homeland Security directive.

The US government want to stop TRUTH from leaking out to the public. They’re afraid of Wikileaks, Infowars, Prisonplanet, Boards.ie etc, etc.:p

They’re afraid of the slaves waking up.

http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/06/18/does-the-internet-need-a-kill-switch/

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/obama-internet-kill-switch-proposed-20100618-yln6.html?autostart=1

It's not so much Obama I'd be worried about. Moreso future US presidents who could be a lot worse.

Zombienosh · 19-06-2010 5:41pm

/delete internets

/open 17000 more mcdonalds.

PeterIanStaker · 19-06-2010 5:52pm

If he deleted the internet, the porn industry would turn into a lobby group. You'd wind up with either a swing vote or a hung parliament.

rossie1977 · 19-06-2010 5:56pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAUyaELfwBo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAUyaELfwBo&feature=related

derfderf · 19-06-2010 6:01pm

Everyone get fapping now while you still can!

yuloni · 19-06-2010 6:03pm

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limericklassy · 19-06-2010 6:05pm

I suppose the act would have control over the root routers over there. The routers here could have their ios and the relative ip routes changed so they wouldnt be accessing any servers in the states.

Millicent · 19-06-2010 6:06pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Ah the classic streamer.. I'm different, I like to think of myself as a squirrel stashing away my porn for the winter.

*avoids making comment about poster's "nuts"*

A Primal Nut · 19-06-2010 6:14pm

Nevore wrote: »

I thought the whole point of the web was that it was diffuse, numerous server nodes, ability to re route around damaged sectors etc?
So sure, they can turn off the web in the States, but afaik not all world traffic is diverted through US property so I'm not sure how this would effect me emailing my cousin in France. Sure, might slow the rest of the world down as admins or whoever reroute around long used US terminals but it'd hardly "kill" the internet.

Exactly; he could shut off american webservers and american access (at most). That said, without without american webservers the internet would be fairly boring i'd say.

jd007 · 19-06-2010 7:11pm

MagicMarker wrote: »

Looks like I'll have to stock up on pens so.

http://www.penisland.net/

Kiwi_knock · 19-06-2010 7:14pm

Get Clinton back in power, you know he would not let the future of porn be jeopardised

Herb Powell · 19-06-2010 7:23pm

how does one "turn off the internet"????

Poly · 19-06-2010 7:27pm

Herb Powell wrote: »

how does one "turn off the internet"????

He has a switch next to the imersion switch in the white house, before he heads off to bed he can knock it off.

SugarHigh · 19-06-2010 7:45pm

It's kind of like the kid who owns the football. No one voted him to be the King who get's to decide when it's game over but no one else bothered to bring their own football so they just have to STFU and deal with it.

SugarHigh · 19-06-2010 7:46pm

Herb Powell wrote: »

how does one "turn off the internet"????

Knock off all the domain name servers. Force ISP's to shut down.

yuloni · 19-06-2010 7:51pm

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New Bill Gives Obama 'Kill Switch' To Shut Down The Internet

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