I dont know if the word propaganda is necessary. If I was in NYC I would like to know if I have to run and GTFO to save my life.
I agree our own people are the best security. Like when that guy saw a strange van parked in time square that ended up having propane and fertilizer and shit in it meant to explode but it was a dud.
The cool part was that the guy who alerted the authorities was a Vietnam vet.
Im more concerned about private companies like the iPhone and portable devices, including home PCs tracking you, collecting data on where I am and what web pages I visit.
Im not paranoid over it. It's like on the television, "this is only a test" emergency alert system. Or even the Alarm towers 50 miles out for nuclear power plants.
"The Internet is the last place on Earth where you can get truthful information about what’s really happening. That is exactly why it will be targeted for a shutdown during the next big crisis to strike America."
Just because its on the net doesnt make it true. Wiki for example, try to use Wiki as a source reference for an written paper at a University and hand it in. Your professor wont accept it.
I do believe the net will be the way to shut down a country. We've become so relent on technology you dont even remember phone #'s. Remember when you knew everyones number? It was before cell phones.
Taking down a country has already happen using the net.
Hackers Take Down the Most Wired Country in Europe
Hackers Take Down the Most Wired Country in Europe
Edit: Twitter, Facebook and Youtube helped take down and free Egypt and It also helped spread the word about the "Green Party" revolt in Iran. It is our greatest strength but is also our Achilles heel.
