Security boss calls for end to net anonymity
Found on The Register on Friday, 16 October 2009
The CEO of Russia's No. 1 anti-virus package has said that the internet's biggest security vulnerability is anonymity, calling for mandatory internet passports that would work much like driver licenses do in the offline world.
"I'd like to change the design of the internet by introducing regulation - internet passports, internet police and international agreement - about following internet standards," he continued. "And if some countries don't agree with or don't pay attention to the agreement, just cut them off."
Yes, this plan is so great that it will weed out each and every online crime. Just like having real (yes, no fake) passports didn't allow 9/11 to happen. Whoops. Dissidents and whistleblowers will happily reveal themselves for the sake of a police world. While we're talking about dissidents, let's not forget Kaspersky is from Russia; and it is widely known that "in Soviet Russia, government kills you". However we're living in a free world and Kaspersky can just start his own Internet: he can set up a VPN, force every user to authenticate after going through an ID at the next police station and cut off everything to this dangerous and anonymous old Internet. Then we will see how much support his idea will get. Seriously, if something should be illegal, it's that crap Kaspersky is smoking.