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Kerry: Internet 'Needs Rules to Be Able to Flourish and Work Properly'
 In a speech today in South Korea, Secretary of State John Kerry said that the Internet "needs rules to be able to flourish and work properly." This, according to Kerry, is necessary even for "a technology founded on freedom."So we are going to take that freedom and make it not free with rules to constrain the freedom so it can be free. Got it? Kerry made his remarks in the context of talking about how international law is applicable to the Internet. "As I've mentioned, the basic rules of international law apply in cyberspace. Acts of aggression are not permissible. And countries that are hurt by an attack have a right to respond in ways that are appropriate, proportional, and that minimize harm to innocent parties. We also support a set of additional principles that, if observed, can contribute substantially to conflict prevention and stability in time of peace. We view these as universal concepts that should be appealing to all responsible states, and they are already gaining traction," said Kerry. "First, no country should conduct or knowingly support online activity that intentionally damages or impedes the use of another country's critical infrastructure. Yeah... that'll stop China. Second, no country should seek either to prevent emergency teams from responding to a cybersecurity incident, or allow its own teams to cause harm. Third, no country should conduct or support cyber-enabled theft of intellectual property, trade secrets, or other confidential business information for commercial gain. China is still laughing its ass off Fourth, every country should mitigate malicious cyber activity emanating from its soil, and they should do so in a transparent, accountable and cooperative way. And fifth, every country should do what it can to help states that are victimized by a cyberattack. "I guarantee you if those five principles were genuinely and fully adopted and implemented by countries, we would be living in a far safer and far more confident cyberworld. All the fairy fluff wish list will never work and the rules will only apply to the peons to keep them from seeing information that makes the government look like its lying. So... Fuck you Lurch. Posted by: DarthVader 2015-05-18 |
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