Cyber Security bill

CISPA - Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act


http://cyberspying.eff.org/images/cispa.jpg

http://www.paralegal.net/cispa/

This round they worded it and put the emphasis on terrorism even though it obviously isn't about that on far too many levels. And worse, it passed the House this evening. Headed to the Senate floor. Hopefully it dies there.


My concern is the NSA's new toy factory they're completing. These bills more or less justify that build out and put the icing on the cake. This capability of nearly endless storage and cracking ability and then the ability to willy nilly go dumpster diving years after the fact has my hackles up. True, this is just extending what they're already doing on too large a number of targets, but the next step is more wholesale and intrusive. Especially when they can combine it with a loophole law to backup their digging.

Like all data centers shared by DOD and similar, this information could be tapped by other agencies and provisions made to allow for query batching.

Wired Mag probably had one of the better breakdowns on it. Plainer English than several I've seen. Link: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/03/ff_nsadatacenter/all/1


Not to mention you probably want to take the time to look into TOR if you aren't using it or at least a good proxy server already. Or both as the case may be. Or a good VPN solution if you can get a one on a rotation.

LINK: https://www.torproject.org/


Call it tinfoil hat wearing all you want. We've seen what is floating around in the private sector security databases on people. This will now allow them to add even more data without any provision needed ... "in the interest of National Security ..."

I tried TOR but was so slow.

Google and Facebook keep too much info as is already.

Between Obama expanding martial law, the law making it illegal to protest in the presence of secret service, and now paint a target on you online if you speak ill of the government is scary. Didn't Obama expand the patriot act? One wonders if he'll leave office peacefully at the end of his term(s).

All the known cases of fraud and tampering and the whole birth certificate issue and no court dares to investigate.

Im surprised that only 2 posts have been made here, this is a very big issue and it is worth talking about it and spreading the information of what is going on and how the government keeps trying to get into our private lives to so called protect us from so called terrorism. I for one am very worried about this bill and hope that soon more public awareness of this bill will spread like sopa so that we may also get this bill thrown out. The pattern is getting worse and worse and we need to act or do something to end this tyranny.

Me too. Had a friend say "No means no, unless your congress." And went on asking if they think if they just keep changing the name and keep reintroducing it will we finally get tired of telling them no.

I was out of touch for the weekend, but heard that the senate passed it. Is that true? I need to catch up on news. I so hope Obama vetos it, but I don't see him doing so. All he's done is expanded his power while in office.

he said he will veto it but it wouldn't be the first time he said that and then signed it anyway. The CIA and DOJ are pushing cyber security agressively lately in the media, even going as far as to hold seminars. This has NDAA repeat written all over it, Obama said he would veto that but signed that as well in the name of "National Security"

deprave said:

he said he will veto it but it wouldn't be the first time he said that and then signed it anyway. The CIA and DOJ are pushing cyber security agressively lately in the media, even going as far as to hold seminars. This has NDAA repeat written all over it, Obama said he would veto that but signed that as well in the name of "National Security"

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Yup, once more the president has committed an act of treason.

I'm hoping they temporarily or permanently bring back the firing squads, so that they can just take him out back, and shoot him. Oh did I just say that?.... crazy me.

Treason during a time of war is punishable by death. At least to those that served under the ucmj.

And treason during a time of peace should be punishable by death, even if your the president of the United States.

Aren't we still in war with terror?

A fake war.

And war on drugs

Nothing is sacred forever. Not America. Not even Canada. Maybe The Dude will be sacred forever. Dare to dream.

Rascality Afoot said:

Nothing is sacred forever. Not America. Not even Canada. Maybe The Dude will be sacred forever. Dare to dream.

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