mark1447 Posted April 13, 2012 Share #1 Posted April 13, 2012 Meet CISPA. You may not have heard of it yet because it's been flying under the radar. It's a lot like PIPA, which was a lot SOPA (I'm sure you heard of those). Actually, some people are calling it "worse than SOPA," and it's sponsored by a congressman who thinks the death penalty should be considered for Bradley Manning, the soldier accused of leaking military information to Wikileaks. Be worried: they think we stopped paying attention after SOPA -- so they made this. CISPA, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (PDF) (aka H.R. 3523), is up for a vote in two weeks. Unlike its failed cousins, it has the support of companies such as AT&T, Facebook, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Oracle, Symantec, Verizon, and many more. A full list of all 28 corporate supporters is here. The bill's sponsor, Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI), is also trying to get tech press to tell you to think that his bill CISPA is "nothing like SOPA." Don't believe it. CISPA's primary function is to remove legal barriers that might keep Internet companies from giving all your communication and information to the government. It allows "cyber entities" (such as Internet service providers, social networks like Facebook and cell phone companies like AT&T) to circumvent Internet privacy laws when they're pressured by Homeland Security to hand over or shut down -- well, almost anything of yours online that the government wants, no warrant needed. Read even more! http://news.cnet.com...nd-you-of-sopa/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDTA Posted April 13, 2012 Share #2 Posted April 13, 2012 That doesn't sound like SOPA......... But this will give the government way to much power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Up Front Posted April 13, 2012 Share #3 Posted April 13, 2012 The government would rather go after you because you streamed something for 10 minutes rather than fixing the country's problems. Shows you where their priorities are. *is sent to hidden facility and tortured for denouncing the government due to CISPA* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadcruiser1 Posted April 14, 2012 Share #4 Posted April 14, 2012 Our Government "Stripping your rights away since 9/11/01." The People "Most of us are too stupid to care" Coming Soon "Big brother will be watching you!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamen Rider Posted April 15, 2012 Share #5 Posted April 15, 2012 This doesn't sound like the same thing to me. You guys need to remember that your on-line "rights" are still a legal gray area. Considering the amount of crap people post about themselves left and right on public websites (IE here), the government really doesn't need to start digging. They google you and they can find out where you are and where you go from foursqaure, They can see who you hang out with through facebook. People complain about big brother, meanwhile you're carelessly telling them everything all the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CenSin Posted April 15, 2012 Share #6 Posted April 15, 2012 This doesn't sound like the same thing to me. You guys need to remember that your on-line "rights" are still a legal gray area. Considering the amount of crap people post about themselves left and right on public websites (IE here), the government really doesn't need to start digging. They google you and they can find out where you are and where you go from foursqaure, They can see who you hang out with through facebook. People complain about big brother, meanwhile you're carelessly telling them everything all the time There are advocates of "private" clouds, one where everything functions on your own computer versus a big corporation's. For example, in an ideal future where people have control over their own data: Everyone gets their own domain name for their computer (or a static IP address at minimum). Everyone runs their own e-mail server. If big brother wants your e-mails, he'll have to come directly to you. Everyone has their own website with optional modules for things like social networking. In other words, the "Facebook" page you have runs on your own computer; there is no centralized administrator that has access to everyone's pages. When you shut off your computer, it's inaccessible. Computers have gotten powerful enough that it's not a problem for people to run their own servers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4P3607 Posted April 15, 2012 Share #7 Posted April 15, 2012 Leave the internet alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Concourse Posted April 15, 2012 Share #8 Posted April 15, 2012 Or what? You'll go into a "leave Britney alone" rant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4P3607 Posted April 15, 2012 Share #9 Posted April 15, 2012 Or what? You'll go into a "leave Britney alone" rant? u mad bra? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Concourse Posted April 15, 2012 Share #10 Posted April 15, 2012 No, seems like you are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmartaMarta Posted April 16, 2012 Share #11 Posted April 16, 2012 Our Government "Stripping your rights away since 9/11/01." The People "Most of us are too stupid to care" Coming Soon "Big brother will be watching you!" Yeah, and people are too lazy to care, that's a big problem in this country. As long as it isn't in your backyard, "out of sight, out of mind." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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