The Federal Government is launching a huge program called “Perfect Citizen” to detect assaults on private companies and government agencies with critical infrastructure such as the power grid and nuclear power plants.
On the surface that sounds great, keep us all safe and the Internet safe. Of course the government says this is an important program to protect the security of the Country.
But others, myself included, see this as a huge threat to privacy, and I can see it leading to things that would be just like tapping someone’s phone. Watching websites, email, any internet traffic in and out of your home. You name it, they are going to be able to watch over it.
Raytheon won a contract worth up to $100 million for the initial phase of the project, and they are not talking about this project. Funny thing the National Security Agency won’t talk about it either.
This is the third huge program the government is trying or has implement recently, and the others include Net Neutrality and the cyber security bill that gives the President the power to pull the switch on the Internet.
Regulation, after regulation, the government continues to chip away at the “Freedom” of the Internet. They want to control it, and they are going to do it at any cost, including our privacy and rights.
For my loyal readers, I apologize for these rants recently, but no one in Washington is listening to you and me, average citizens. We need less government intrusion, and more protecting our rights as citizens of the United States.
Here is a link to the Wall Street Journal article that has more of the story.
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