NSA Boss Wants More Control Over the 'Net

[iProject]

http://www.technologyreview.com/news/428644/nsa-boss-wants-more-control-over-the-net/

[JacksonGariety]

Dear god no. I sleep well at night knowing that this is far fetched. But each time I see something like this I get a bit worried.

[zeruch]

I know this is typically poor form, but I would give as a resounding response: "get bent"

[mtgx]

tl;dr The NSA boss would prefer a more "centralized" Internet, on which they'd have full oversight.

Scary stuff. The solution should be a more secure and stronger infrastructure, protected against both the Government and attackers, not to "allow the NSA to get full control of it so we can 'prevent' the attacks".

They'd never be able to prevent all the attacks anyway, and the overall outcome would be horrible for normal citizens because the Government could control the Internet and monitor their communications.