US Congress may sneak in Internet ‘kill switch’

It's a guy in a suit with a DHS badge who shows up at your door and says "you need to drop off the Net right now or the terrorists will win". Or maybe it's a phone call, but over the phone it's hard to tell real cops from Elbonian pranksters.

Edit: I'm not joking; this is my understanding of how the system is supposed to work.

It's a term used to scare people. There won't actually be a physical switch to kill the internet.

If anything, it will be the authority to disconnect portions of the net. Probably by asking ISPs to cooperate.

> shut down Congress when it panders to corporate interests.

You can replace "corporate interests" with "any factional interests" and the sentiment becomes even more true.

All sorts of organizations try to use the government to further their interest and bludgeon their enemies - religious organizations, nonprofits, world governments, state governments, unions, public companies, banks, activist groups, and so on. None of these groups should be able to use the government to their advantage against free citizens.