| http://ipcommission.org/report/IP_Commission_Report_052213.p... > The Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property
> With U.S. companies suffering losses and American workers losing jobs Jobs. Translation: this is a PR piece. > The Department of Homeland Security, the Department of
Defense, and law enforcement agencies should have the legal authority to use threat-based deterrence
systems that operate at network speed against unauthorized intrusions into national security and
critical infrastructure networks Huh? This includes national security now? Are they deliberately blurring the lines between pirating and national security? Why I think so. > Informed deliberations over whether corporations and individuals should be legally
able to conduct threat-based deterrence operations against network intrusion, without doing undue
harm to an attacker or to innocent third parties, ought to be undertaken. They want to legalize Sony's rootkit, but they want to do it right. Rootkits in the wild cannot be tamed, don't even go there. > if counterattacks against hackers were legal, there are many techniques that companies could employ
that would cause severe damage to the capability of those conducting IP theft. You do something that the system thinks is pirating and your computer blows up. What could go wrong. > ...The Commission is not ready to endorse this recommendation because of the larger questions of
collateral damage caused by computer attacks Ahh I see, they're reasonable after all! IOW, they want to make their rootkit legalization idea sound sane. > Recommend to Congress and the administration that U.S. funding to the World Health Organization (WHO) program budget in whole or in part be withheld At this point I want to punch someone in the face. I can't read anymore. |