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

[James Mcphee]

We are required to implement a blacklist for wire transfers of money very
much like the one proposed.  It is constantly having the wrong transfers
blocked.  Beauracracies are not good at the details and we're all details.
On Nov 16, 2011 2:37 PM, "Derek Trotter" <expat.arizonan at gmail.com> wrote:

>  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> 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> wrote:
>> > http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2011/1115_cybersecurity_friedman.aspx
>>
>
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