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Electronic Records: Federal Systems Work for Crooks

Last update September 29, 2014Leave a Comment

What is worse than being afraid of what a big, faceless bureaucracy will do with its electronic records of who you are (see: Government Won’t Guard Your Private Identity)? It’s finding out that your fears were entirely justified. Not only is your information at risk, you are paying for what happens when crooks use federal data to make money.

Filed Under: Other Tagged With: cybersecurity

Cyber Crimes and Security Problems in Eric Holder’s Backyard

Last update March 16, 20142 Comments

If you expect the government to protect you from cyber crimes, you better stop reading this. Go cut up your credit cards. You have no business using them.

The Justice Department put us on notice after the electronic information of millions of Americans was put at risk by the holiday cyber attack on Target.

Filed Under: Big Government Tagged With: cybersecurity

Government Won’t Guard Your Private Identity

Last update September 28, 2014Leave a Comment

Bad news. Our government values your private identity even more than you do because there are so many things it can be used for including collecting taxes, tracking your personal health information, and yes, buying firearms. When it comes to your personal information, can bureaucracy guard what it grabs?

Filed Under: Big Government Tagged With: cybersecurity, ethics

Internet Regulation? Despise Big Government, Fear Google.

Last update July 5, 2013Leave a Comment

Here is a dilemma for conservatives. We shun government regulation of business, but some regulation is good. It is not in the public interest to have plutonium shops or designer virus boutiques popping up on street corners, so we pass regulations to make sure it doesn’t happen.

Filed Under: Big Government Tagged With: cybersecurity

Will Cybersecurity Bill Halt Our Deficit Spending Fix?

Last update January 14, 20182 Comments

Federal legislators running their mouths for the media have made their biggest problem worse. Now that members of Congress are finished being thankful and have to get back to work, they must live up to several weeks of post-election hype about working together, about compromise, about setting aside partisan differences, and about doing the right thing for middle income Americans.

Filed Under: Economy Tagged With: cybersecurity, federal deficit

Can Big Government Control Save Us from Cyber Terrorism?

Last update July 29, 2012Leave a Comment

Are we on the verge of a cyber infrastructure apocalypse? Can Washington save us? A group of senators including Joe Lieberman and Dianne Feinstein are trying to breathe new life into a cyber security bill (see: The Real Cyber Threat is From Politicians and Bureaucrats) by reintroducing The Cybersecurity Act of 2012.

Filed Under: Big Government Tagged With: cybersecurity

Pay Your Taxes, Waste Your Money and Risk Your Identity?

Last update November 26, 2017Leave a Comment

Janet Napolitano is helping Democrats sound the warning siren about cybersecurity and terrorism, but the everyday damage done by federal information systems is a lot less spectacular than the doomsday threats we are hearing in the push for a cybersecurity bill (see: The Real Cyber Threat Is From Politicians and Bureaucrats).

Filed Under: Big Government Tagged With: cybersecurity, taxes

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