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SecurityCongressional Reps Pushing CISPA Cybersecurity Bill Don’t Even Know How To Secure Their Own WebsitesFinanceBlank Check for the Military Will Send America the Way of the Soviet UnionPR/AstroTurf/LobbyingH.R. 3523 – Letters of SupportAT&T, Boeing, BSA, Business Roundtable, CSC, COMPTEL, CTIA – The Wireless Association, Cyber, Space & Intelligence Association, Edison Electric, EMC, Exelon, Facebook, The Financial Services Roundtable, IBM, Independent Telephone & Telecommunications Alliance, Information Technology Industry Council, Intel, Internet Security Alliance, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, National Cable & Telecommunications Association, NDIA, Oracle, Symantec, TechAmerica US Chamber of Commerce, US Telecom – The Broadband Association, VerizonThe usual suspects. Shame on IBM. CISPA emerged from the House Intelligence Committee with an overwhelming vote of 17-1. … No, Google has not stated support for this nasty bill.CensorshipCISPA is SOPA 2.0: petition to stop itCISPA Is The New SOPA: Help Kill ItSave the Internet from the USRogers’ “Cybersecurity” Bill Is Broad Enough to Use Against WikiLeaks and The Pirate Bayallows companies or the government1 free rein to bypass existing laws in order to monitor communications, filter content, or potentially even shut down access to online services for “cybersecurity purposes.” Companies are encouraged to share data with the government and with one another, and the government can share data in return. … because “us[ing] cybersecurity systems” is incredibly vague, it could be interpreted to mean monitoring email, filtering content, or even blocking access to sites. A company acting on a “cybersecurity threat” would be able to bypass all existing laws, including laws prohibiting telcos from routinely monitoring communications, so long as it acted in “good faith.”PrivacyEFF Joins Two Coalition Letters Opposing CISPAContinuing our campaign against the cyberspying bill better known as CISPA, EFF has signed on to two coalition letters urging legislators to drop their support for the Rogers cybersecurity bill (HR 3523). One coalition is focused on the disastrous privacy implications of the bill, while the other identifies major government accountability issues it would introduce.Battle Over New Cybersecurity Bill CISPA Breaks Out Across The WebWeb Inventor Tim Berners-Lee Speaks Out Against CISPA[It] is threatening the rights of people in America, and effectively rights everywhere, because what happens in America tends to affect people all over the world. Even though the SOPA and PIPA acts were stopped by huge public outcry, it’s staggering how quickly the US government has come back with a new, different, threat to the rights of its citizensACLU: Proposed Amendments to CISPA Don’t Protect PrivacyStop CISPA? Cybersecurity bill adds six new co-sponsors in two daysDespite efforts to stop the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, better known as CISPA, the bill has gained six more co-sponsors in the past two days, bringing the total to 112.European Parliament Agrees to Send Airline Passenger Data to US
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