Difference between the Ogster and Alex Jones

[Ognir]

Jones post a story "Australian Government To Force Internet Users To Install State-Approved Software" linked here http://www.prisonplanet.com/australian- ... tware.html

The story comes from http://www.news.com.au/technology/no-an ... 5882656490

"No anti-virus software? No internet connection"

* Radical ideas to fight cyber criminals
    * 'Make anti-virus software mandatory'
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AUSTRALIANS would be forced to install anti-virus and firewall software on their computers before being allowed to connect to the internet under a new plan to fight cyber crime.

And if their computer did get infected, internet service providers like Telstra and Optus could cut off their connection until the problem was resolved.

Those are two of the recommendations to come from a year-long inquiry into cyber crime by the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Communications.

Results of the inquiry, titled Hackers, Fraudsters and Botnets: Tackling the Problem of Cyber Crime, were released last night in a 260-page report.

In her foreword, committee chair Belinda Neal said cyber crime had turned into a "sophisticated underground economy".

"In the past decade, cyber crime has grown from the nuisance of the cyber smart hacker into an organised transnational crime committed for vast profit and often with devastating consequences for its victims," Ms Neal said.

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During its inquiry the committee heard a growing number of Australians were being targeted by cyber criminals and that increasing internet speeds were likely to make the situation worse.

It also heard the problem was costing Australian businesses as much as $649 million a year.

The committee looked at several different examples of cyber crime, including hacking, phishing, malware and botnets.

Among its final 34 recommendations were:

— The creation of an around-the-clock cyber crime helpline.

— Changes to the law to make unauthorised installation of software illegal.

— Companies who release IT products with security vulnerabilities should be open to claims for compensation by consumers.

Another of its recommendations was to create a new "e-security code of practice" that would define the responsibilities of internet service providers and their customers.

The code of practice would see companies like Telstra give their customers security advice when they signed up and inform them if their computer ever appeared to be compromised.

For their part, customers would have to install anti-virus and firewall software before their connection was activated and endeavour to keep the software up-to-date.

If a customer's computer was infected by malware, the service provider could introduce gradual restrictions and eventually cut off their internet connection entirely until the machine was "remediated".

No what really would worry me if I was on Oz   is

Companies who release IT products with security vulnerabilities should be open to claims for compensation by consumers.

Shite I sell Microsoft software  :lolno:  

[sirbadman]

I can't see this security stuff happening.

I was worried for a while about the Australian government's internet censorship plans.

But I have since made the realisation that this government is so incompetent and cash-strapped that it has no chance in hell of executing such a scheme anytime in the next two years.. and could well lose the next election by that time anyway.

They even had to stall the carbon emissions trading scheme malarky - which saved them about $300 million in the budget handed down last month.

You see the govt wanted to tax emitting industries  xx billion, then it wanted to shell out xx billion + 300 million to  the lower and middle classes so they could afford higher electricity bills. So ultimately jew trading houses based overseas stood to gain the most from the scheme from trading these permits.. you know the money for nothing game.

An ex Goldman Sachs banker was even the leader of the opposition (Turnbull) who sided with the govt over this scheme when it was getting voted on a few months ago - until he was dumped by his party. He then resigned. Then the ETS was shelved like 2 months ago and this Malcolm Turnbull joker decided to join the party again because of climate change.. he couldnt make it any more obvious he is a banksters puppet.

[abduLMaria]

Alex Jones is not "Ringo" spelled backwards.   8-)

i look forward to a world where TIU has as much viewership as Jones' various enterprises.

but it sure won't come from the occasional mention on Fox News or Drudge Report, which have mentioned and/or linked to and/or shown the domain name of ... infoWhores.