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CISPA is the New SOPA/PIPA/OPEN/ACTA/etc. etc. etc.
Renegade:
Interesting how they sneak in a few last minute changes, then quickly pass it...
The Tech Dirt take on it:
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120426/14505718671/insanity-cispa-just-got-way-worse-then-passed-rushed-vote.shtml
Basically this means CISPA can no longer be called a cybersecurity bill at all. The government would be able to search information it collects under CISPA for the purposes of investigating American citizens with complete immunity from all privacy protections as long as they can claim someone committed a "cybersecurity crime". Basically it says the 4th Amendment does not apply online, at all. Moreover, the government could do whatever it wants with the data as long as it can claim that someone was in danger of bodily harm, or that children were somehow threatened—again, notwithstanding absolutely any other law that would normally limit the government's power.
Somehow, incredibly, this was described as limiting CISPA, but it accomplishes the exact opposite. This is very, very bad.
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The Police States of America is in high gear... :(
Stoic Joker:
The Police States of America is in high gear... :(
-Renegade (April 27, 2012, 12:32 AM)
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...Welcome to the Darth Vader School of Child Care (your will subjected to force).
Renegade:
The Police States of America is in high gear... :(
-Renegade (April 27, 2012, 12:32 AM)
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...Welcome to the Darth Vader School of Child Care (your will subjected to force).
-Stoic Joker (April 27, 2012, 06:58 AM)
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Would that make Richard Stallman kind of like Chewbacca? :P ;D
http://rt.com/news/stallman-cispa-human-rights-abuse-174/
Controversial online security bill CISPA is two steps away from becoming a law. Software freedom activist Richard Stallman says Internet users should beware, as the government is a much bigger threat than any individual hacker.
“What CISPA says as passed by the House of Representatives is any ISP, any website, any company that has some of your data in it can voluntarily hand it over to the government for a wide range of reasons,” and it's up to the government to interpret it however they see fit, the father of the free software philosophy explained.
“So if they see the slightest bit that they think is odd in your email, they can hand it over to the government. And if the government says it has something to do with national security – it is very easy to say that, whether it’s true or not – then the government can study it for any purpose. This nearly abolishes people’s right not to be unreasonably searched.”
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And the hilarious part that will have you pissing your pants laughing~! ;D
When asked if Obama will go through with his promise to veto the bill, Stallman said that it's “unusual for Obama to stand for human rights,” but that he would be glad if the president does in fact veto the bill.
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Bwahahahaha~!
But hey, if the shoe fits!
IainB:
The Police States of America is in high gear... :(
-Renegade (April 27, 2012, 12:32 AM)
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It looks like an easy checkmate to me - "All your base are belong to us."
Renegade:
The Police States of America is in high gear... :(
-Renegade (April 27, 2012, 12:32 AM)
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It looks like an easy checkmate to me - "All your base are belong to us."
-IainB (April 28, 2012, 04:36 AM)
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Hhahaha~! :)
Actually, the part where the PSA says, "All your base are belong to us" is more like "all your everything are belong to us":
http://www.infowars.com/new-obama-executive-order-seizes-u-s-infrastructure-and-citizens-for-military-preparedness/
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/03/16/executive-order-national-defense-resources-preparedness
http://rt.com/usa/news/obama-executive-order-national-929/
But it's a different piece of legislation.
The long and short of it is truly is, "all your everything are belong to us."
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