Brett Coburn

The Cybersecurity Act of 2009 introduced in the Senate would allow the president to shut down private Internet networks. The legislation also calls for the government to have the authority to demand security data from private networks without regard to any provision of law, regulation, rule or policy restricting such access.

This is not right. I’m supportive of some aspects of this bill, but overall this is the first step towards a non-free, regulated ‘net.