Web could be terror training camp: Chertoff
Oct 18, 2006 | 8:55 am
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it's OK to deny computer access without due process because there's no "right to use a computer" expressed in the Constitution.
Next they will figure out there is no "right to fly in turbojet powered aircraft" and no "right to be free from idiots working for DHS" in the Constitution either. 
Oct 18, 2006 | 8:56 am
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Originally Posted by Superguy
So what does Chertoff want? Web filtering at the national level like they have in China?
Oct 18, 2006 | 4:05 pm
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Originally Posted by Doppy
Terrorist use of the Internet is actually a big deal. Chertoff is right.
Civil liberties should trump the illusion of security every time.
Oct 18, 2006 | 4:17 pm
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Originally Posted by Doppy
Terrorist use of the Internet is actually a big deal. Chertoff is right.
Oct 18, 2006 | 4:19 pm
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Originally Posted by Doppy
Terrorist use of the Internet is actually a big deal. Chertoff is right.
Oct 18, 2006 | 4:23 pm
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Originally Posted by Spiff
I don't believe we should restrict or monitor the 99.99+% of lawful internet use just for the possibility of catching the 0.01-% of unlawful use.
Civil liberties should trump the illusion of security every time.
Civil liberties should trump the illusion of security every time.
Oct 18, 2006 | 4:25 pm
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Originally Posted by Doppy
I'm not suggesting we restrict the use of the Internet of monitor users. But if we know that certain sites are being used to recruit terrorists and give them taskings, I don't think we should ignore that information either.
However, Comrade Chertoff is not known for following such procedures.
I hope there's a tip line so I can report www.dhs.gov for terrorist activity.
Oct 18, 2006 | 4:28 pm
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Originally Posted by Travellin' Fool
MICROSOFT ANNOUNCES NEW SECURITY ENHANCEMENTS FOR WINDOWS DHS EDITION
-Redmond Washington-
Microsoft announces a new security enhancment for windows version DHS. DHS will supercede all preexisting windows version. Some of the new features will include a fingerprint and DNA analysis upon login which will be automatically routed to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Also a new safety feature will require each person logging onto Windows DHS edition to show a government issued ID.
When asked how he felt about it, Secretary Chertoff said "I feel that today we have won a victory in the war on terror." He then showed how the security features will work, a process which took him about an hour to log into Windows DHS. And after logging in he repeatedly needed to scan his ID through the system. He was succesfully able to send an email through which should get to it's final destination sometime next week.
-Redmond Washington-
Microsoft announces a new security enhancment for windows version DHS. DHS will supercede all preexisting windows version. Some of the new features will include a fingerprint and DNA analysis upon login which will be automatically routed to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Also a new safety feature will require each person logging onto Windows DHS edition to show a government issued ID.
When asked how he felt about it, Secretary Chertoff said "I feel that today we have won a victory in the war on terror." He then showed how the security features will work, a process which took him about an hour to log into Windows DHS. And after logging in he repeatedly needed to scan his ID through the system. He was succesfully able to send an email through which should get to it's final destination sometime next week.
If terrorists use Windows, we have nothing to worry about.
Oct 18, 2006 | 4:36 pm
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Originally Posted by Spiff
I hope there's a tip line so I can report www.dhs.gov for terrorist activity.
Oct 18, 2006 | 4:48 pm
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Originally Posted by Doppy
Oct 18, 2006 | 5:00 pm
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Oct 18, 2006 | 5:18 pm
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Originally Posted by Doppy
I'm not suggesting we restrict the use of the Internet of monitor users. But if we know that certain sites are being used to recruit terrorists and give them taskings, I don't think we should ignore that information either.
Oct 18, 2006 | 5:32 pm
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Of course the government isn't ignoring it. They are even overreacting to some of the internet postings -- for example, like today with the football stadium games and radioactive dirty bomb nonsense. The government says this particular threat is not credible yet spread the story around anyway. Government doubletalk, idiocy.
There is massive amounts of money being spent by the US government to monitor the internet on massive scales. A lot of this is wasted and some of the idiocy involving foreign language (including romanized foreign language) postings is stunning. This is not a government that inspires confidence.
There is massive amounts of money being spent by the US government to monitor the internet on massive scales. A lot of this is wasted and some of the idiocy involving foreign language (including romanized foreign language) postings is stunning. This is not a government that inspires confidence.