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GreyGeek:
CISPA is back.
Remember when we defeated the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) last year? Well, it's back with a vengeance. The leading Republican and Democrat on the U.S. House Intelligence subcommittee re-introduced the cybersnooping bill this week.
To refresh your memory, the CISPA 1.0 a Patriot Act for the Internet. But now they've rebooted the effort, and with CISPA 2.0, "Congress is trying to kill Internet privacy again."
The bill gives companies like Verizon and AT&T protection from customers' lawsuits when they give the Feds information about your Internet use.
Amazingly, Congress and big businesses are claiming they need to violate our privacy to protect us from Iranian and Chinese hackers, but they refuse to put any basic privacy protections in writing.
CISPA would undermine our basic rights and jeopardize our privacy online. CISPA sponsor Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger even said at a hearing this week that he didn't see any reason why businesses needed to hide your personal data from the government.
abbafandr:
--- Quote from: GreyGeek on February 19, 2013, 04:14:10 PM ---CISPA is back.
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This is bad, very bad. Aaron Swartz, we miss you badly >:D
GreyGeek:
Exactly.
Ruppersberger apparently doesn't see the need for the 4th Amendment, either. Idiot.
abbafandr:
--- Quote from: GreyGeek on February 19, 2013, 05:24:51 PM ---Exactly.
Ruppersberger apparently doesn't see the need for the 4th Amendment, either. Idiot.
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There you go, giving idiots a bad name :laugh:
His kind don't want the Constitution, period :angry:
GreyGeek:
--- Quote from: abbafandr on February 19, 2013, 05:32:48 PM ---There you go, giving idiots a bad name
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Ya, I shouldn't do that. We're all idiots, some in one thing and some in others. But, he appears to be an idiot in all things. Most idiots aren't that dumb. I should know, I've been called an idiot enough times that when I hear the word I turn and say "What?" :)
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