The North Korea hack is a ploy to ramp up government involvement in our internet
77 2014-12-20 by [deleted]
Sony is already known to be in bed with the government. Cyber terrorism is the next big thing they're going to use to justify a clamp down on the internet and whatever new policies are coming our way. Perhaps it's to help justify empowering ISPs and restructuring the way the internet is now. Maybe thereby enabling them to pave the road for no net neutrality. Maybe enabling them to cut out copyright pirates.
All this mass hysteria and fear mongering about public shootings, ISIS, Russia and now North Korea and cyber terrorists. It always seems like there's some new enemy being created - some new thing we need to fear.
4 comments
5 diablo8683 2014-12-20
This. After Obama's quote today about more Internet rules, I wouldn't be surprised to see a new executive order for cispa.
I was literally about to submit an askreddit about this. There needs to be more visibility on this issue. No one is seeing the big picture.
4 boncros 2014-12-20
Even if they didn't have any involvement; I believe it was an inside job, they will be sure to use this incident to the fullest extent.
2 moparornocar 2014-12-20
Why would they blame North Korea then?
Instead of maybe a US citizen?
If they wanted to use this to trump up fear, you'd think they would blame someone or somewhere within the area that is covered by US law.
-7 mantisbenji 2014-12-20
Oh, I couldn't go through my day without my dose of evidenceless fear mongering. Thank you /u/RYBOT3000, I don't know how I would go on without my fix.