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.
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And notice how he wants the U.N. (of 'Thou shall not ever criticize anything about Islam' fame) to administer it. And who will pay for that administration? Can you say 'internet tax'?
The U.N. has been chasing direct taxation authority for decades. This would set a precedent.
And never, never, never, never, EVER, EVER trust anything said by anyone who would use the words 'cyberworld' or 'cyberspace' or pretty much cyber-anything. It's a sure sigh that they don't know what the fuck they are talking about and are taking their cue's from Hollywood scriptwriters who don't have a clue what they are talking about. I call them 'CyberFOOLs'.
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"First, no country should conduct or knowingly support online activity that intentionally damages or impedes the use of another country's critical infrastructure. Good luck on that Jawn. It is like with firearms. Rules can be made about firearms such as concealed carry, who can have them, how they are used, stored, etc. When it comes down to it, these rules only affect the law-abiding. Criminals say the hell with your rules and do whatever they want to do. Or consider the U.S. forces fighting in the Iraq or Afghanistan. We have ROEs and follow the Geneva Convention. The enemy does not. So why Jawn would you think that Russia, China, North Korea, or rogue nations would obey internet rules?
Last week I wrote that Bill Clinton, deep down, didn't really want his wife to be president. On reflection, I don't think she really wants to be president either. And for that matter, neither does Jeb Bush.
Both Jeb and Hillary think they want to be president, have had it in their dreams for umpteen years, but now, faced with the reality, they don't know why they're doing it. At least they don't act that way. They are lost people, running not on fumes, but on habit. They're supposed to run. They were bred to run. But they don't have a clue where they want to lead the country, not in any passionate sense.
h/t Instapundit
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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."
