Digital rights advocates, brace yourselves: Obama administration pushing for new cyber-laws

[REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque]

[REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque]

As predicted, President Obama this week asked Congress "to pass broad legislation to bolster cybersecurity across the United States government and private industry, working to capitalize on concern about recent high-profile computer breaches to counter an escalating threat."

More in the New York Times. If you care about, and actually understand, how the internet works–you'll want to stay alert and engaged in the coming months. The government has a way of harming digital civil liberties in purported efforts to protect against cybermonsters.