Brookings: CyberSecurity In the Balance - 2 New Bills SOPA/PIP

[Derek Trotter]

 From what I've seen in the article it sounds like some government 
bureaucracy would issue a blacklist and network operators would be 
required to update their copies of it as often as the blacklist is updated.

I'm also concerned about the freedom of speech issue.  It sounds to me 
like it would be easy for some faceless bureaucrat to "accidentally" ad 
foxnews.com, drudgereport.com or some other site whose owners disagree 
with the current administration's politics.

On 11/16/2011 6:52, Lisa Kachold wrote:
> Hi Sam,
>
> We miss you.
>
> On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 8:08 PM, Sam Kreimeyer <skreimey at gmail.com 
> <mailto:skreimey at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     It's good to see an argument against these laws from a purely
>     technical perspective beyond reemphasizing how easy these protections
>     are to circumvent. The implementation of these blacklists could
>     inadvertently provide a vector to alter DNS behavior, especially if
>     they are required to obtain and update these blacklists from a trusted
>     source automatically. Considering the recent embarrassment surrounding
>     DigiNotar, implicit trust does have disadvantages.
>
>
> Yes, trust is a serious issue.
>
> While the technical implications are huge, the impact to our 
> constitutional rights is even greater, and it's strange this is not 
> being more broadly contented.
> Never in the history of the United States has legislation that 
> potentially removes the individual from information, reduces our 
> constitutional rights, and remove the legal (liability) process in 
> favor of a police state been set forth.
>
> The Protect IP Act 
> <http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/protect-ip-act#.TsO7x3Ec__g> and 
> Stop Online Piracy Act are opposed by EFF 
> <https://www.eff.org/issues/coica-internet-censorship-and-copyright-bill>, 
> OpenDNS 
> <http://blog.opendns.com/2011/11/08/an-open-letter-to-congress-about-sopa-and-protect-ip/>, 
> ISP's <http://www.protectinnovation.com/downloads/letter.pdf>, 
> American Civil Liberties Union 
> <http://www.net-coalition.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ACLU-Statement-to-HJC-SOPA-11-16-11-1.pdf>, 
> BiPartison Congressmen 
> <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111115/09233216778/ron-paul-comes-out-against-sopa-joins-other-elected-officials-saying-no-to-great-firewall-america.shtml> 
> (Ron Paul), Intellectual Property Attorneys, 
> <http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/72831784> International Human Rights 
> Community 
> <http://www.net-coalition.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/SOPA-letter-from-Intl-human-rights-community-1.pdf>, 
> Global Network Initiative 
> <http://www.globalnetworkinitiative.org/newsandevents/Open_letter_on_freedom_of_expression_intellectual_property_and_H_R_3261_the_Stop_Online_Piracy_Act.php>, 
> Consumer Electronics Group 
> <http://finance.yahoo.com/news/cea-reiterates-opposition-sopa-170100704.html>, 
> Public Interest Groups 
> <http://www.net-coalition.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Public_Interest_SOPA_Letter-1.pdf> 
> and nearly everyone else who cares about the current nature of 
> information have drafted letters to oppose these acts.
>
> We each can also oppose these Acts 
> <https://wfc2.wiredforchange.com/o/9042/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=8173>, 
> since, even with the opposition, it's not clear that they will not be 
> adopted in a watered down fashion.
>
>
>     On 11/15/11, Lisa Kachold <lisakachold at obnosis.com
>     <mailto:lisakachold at obnosis.com>> wrote:
>     >
>     http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2011/1115_cybersecurity_friedman.aspx
>
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