Say 'hello' to CISPA, it will remind you of SOPA

[xg4bx]

"So, say the government thought you were discussing a cybersecurity threat or IP theft -- such as illegal file sharing somehow related to cybersecurity -- on Facebook. The bill would not force Facebook to hand you over to the feds, yet CISPA does make it so that Facebook will be completely unrestricted (say, by your rights) to cooperate with Homeland Security to the fullest extent.
The so-called "cybersecurity bill" lets the US government into any online communication if it believes there is reason to suspect cyber crime, or a threat of intellectual property theft. The bill defines "cybersecurity systems" and "cyber threat information" as anything related to protecting networks from:

'(A) efforts to degrade, disrupt, or destroy such system or network; or '(B) theft or misappropriation of private or government information, intellectual property, or personally identifiable information.

"Cybersecurity" is not actually defined in the bill.

Similar to SOPA, CISPA guts citizens' online privacy protections but even more, it allows the US government to use Internet companies to access, intercept or stop the digital communications and online activity of any person - "for cybersecurity purposes."

Like SOPA, the bill tries to lump IP theft (and the threat of intellectual property theft) into the definitions of criminal cybersecurity protection."

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-574...sopa/?ttag=fbw

[RainingLemur]

So are they going to actually consult with the "nerds" on this one?

[Greg Anos]

Originally Posted by RainingLemur

So are they going to actually consult with the "nerds" on this one?

Back to the Barricades!!!!

[sabredog]

Here we go again.

Ding....ding...round 2, or is that 3?

[Ninjalawyer]

SOPA, FATCA and now CISPA. What is with the current U.S. insistence on over-regulating the world? It's bad enough when you're imposing massive compliance burdens on your own companies, but please stop exporting your laws.

[JoeD]

The bill sounds different to SOPA. Not saying it's not as bad but it does deal with different issues.

SOPA was about censorship, CISPA seems to be more about big brother monitoring.

[teh603]

Originally Posted by JoeD

SOPA was about censorship, CISPA seems to be more about big brother monitoring.

Simple. Big business inserts censorship and monitoring language into bills thru sock puppet legislators and then passes the blame onto the legislators and political parties. I'm amazed none of the cyberpunk/distopia authors have clued in on it. Everyone's so worried about Big Brother, they never stop to think that Big Brother might just be a muppet.

[Provenzano]

Originally Posted by teh603

Everyone's so worried about Big Brother, they never stop to think that Big Brother might just be a muppet.

Meet your legislator

[plib]

Originally Posted by Ninjalawyer

SOPA, FATCA and now CISPA. What is with the current U.S. insistence on over-regulating the world? It's bad enough when you're imposing massive compliance burdens on your own companies, but please stop exporting your laws.

If they're not careful they'll find themselves exporting their internet technology and infrastructure. It's already started with the domain name seizures.

[ScalyFreak]

All right, let's stop whining and start acting. Here we go.

We stopped SOPA. Remember the blackout? We can stop this too, we just need to spread the word... and quickly.

[Grimm]

Never happen. Many of the companies who were against SOPA are for CISPA. It wasn't internet petitions or website blackouts that stopped SOPA it was the companies that came out against it. That isn't happening this time because CISPA doesn't harm companies like SOPA would have.

*For the record, I want as little government intrusion in my life as possible, yes, even in the matter of healthcare and other left wing pet causes and right wing snooping.