Ask HN: SOPA, Iron Fist of Cyber Warfare

1 points by kellros ↗ HN
From what I understand regarding SOPA; sites containing even a few links to 'banned content' will be blocked.

Now imagine, SOPA is in place.

Normally after a website has been defaced/hacked it could take hours to a week or so to be properly running again.

With SOPA, hackers/malicious users would only need to post links to illegal content on competition/opposition websites to have them blocked by SOPA, which could take a long time to protest (probably even a few weeks).

Effectively, cyber warfare just got backed by the government.

The real question is; How tight will the iron fist be?

If it's pretty tight, it would give even the most inexperienced hackers a powerful arsenal.

(Btw, if government websites violated the act, they would have to be taken down too - won't they?)

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