Communications systems are also targeted. (Worth Noting).* Communications systems In telecommunication, a communications system is a collection of individual communications networks, transmission systems, relay stations, tributary stations, and data terminal equipment (DTE) usually capable of interconnection and interoperation to form an integrated whole. are also targeted. In February the Bush administration proposed the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace In the United States government, the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace, is a component of the larger National Strategy for Homeland Security. The National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace was drafted by the Department of Homeland Security in reaction to the September 11, 2001 , The new Internet See Web 2.0 and Internet2. monitoring system would require ISPs to build systems and track their users. Purported to be a protection against viruses and hacker A person who writes programs in assembly language or in system-level languages, such as C. The term often refers to any programmer, but its true meaning is someone with a strong technical background who is "hacking away" at the bits and bytes. attacks, the system would circumvent Fourth Amendment protections against unlawful searches and seizures. Also, proposed regulations before Congress and the Federal Trade Commission would affect private businesses but exempt religious groups from teleblocks--allowing religious phone solicitors to circumvent "do not call" lists. Karen Ann Gajewski is a freelance editor and an editorial consultant to the Humanist. |
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