Post by: BSD2000 on April 18, 2013, 01:40:13 PM
What's wrong with CISPA? (in as few words as possible)
As it's written CISPA won't protect us from cyber threats, but it will completely destroy privacy.
• It lets the government spy on you without a warrant. (read more (https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/02/cispa-government-access-loophole))
• It makes it so you can’t even find out about it after the fact. (read more (http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2012/04/13/cispa-is-terrible-for-transparency/))
• It makes it so companies can’t be sued when they do illegal things with your data. (read more (https://www.eff.org/cybersecurity-bill-faq#company))
• It allows corporations to cyber-attack each other and individuals outside of the law. (read more (http://www.politico.com/story/2013/03/cyberattacks-the-complexities-of-attacking-back-88702.html?hp=r14))
• It makes every privacy policy on the web a moot point, and violates the 4th amendment. (read more (http://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/government-doesnt-need-your-private-info-cybersecurity-members-congress-still))
• It contains no protections that prevent corporations from re-purposing data shared for "cybersecurity" purposes for anything else they want: marketing research, debt collection, copyright lawsuits? (read more (http://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security-technology-and-liberty/cispa-explainer-3-what-can-be-done-information-after))
From RT: US House of Representatives passes CISPA cybersecurity bill (http://rt.com/usa/congress-house-bill-cispa-031/)
Can we trust Google, Facebook or Twitter? Sign the petition! (http://www.saveyourprivacypolicy.org/)
Gizmodo: House Passes CISPA By Huge Margin (http://gizmodo.com/5994987/house-passes-cispa-by-huge-margin)
Post by: BSD2000 on April 22, 2013, 11:24:08 PM
More information from PCMag about CISPA (http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2417993,00.asp).