It's About Liberty: A Conservative Forum
Topics => Entertainment => Topic started by: Pandora on February 14, 2013, 05:58:22 PM
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CISPA would allow for the government and private companies to exchange information about cyber threats. If Homeland Security became aware of a planned hack of Facebook, for example, it could notify the appropriate people at the social network. Where it gets controversial is that CISPA would also allow Facebook to tell the feds - or other tech firms - if detected hackers on its network.
Specifically, CISPA would "empower American businesses to share anonymous cyber threat information with others in the private sector and enable the private sector to share information with the government on a purely voluntary basis."
CISPA supporters argue that this type of information sharing just makes sense; how can you thwart or battle an attack if you don't know about it? Opponents, however, argue that CISPA would allow for companies like Facebook or Google to hand over personal information about their users in the name of cyber security. Those companies are provided with good-faith immunity in the event of an attack and theft of personal information.
"What constitutes 'good faith' is unclear on the face of CISPA, given its overall vagueness—which is likely to make difficult any attempt at litigating against companies," the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which opposes CISPA, argued last year.
It just never stops, dayafterdayafterdayafterday .........
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A good article that explains in easy-to-understand terms what this is, and why it has potential to infringe on our privacy (& therefore is guaranteed to do so).
What is CISPA, and Why Should You Care? (http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2417993,00.asp)
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So, the government can give companies the right to share personal client information with the government voluntarily and not be subject to liability for what happens with that information. Have I got that right?
Who the frack gave the fracking government the right to give our rights away without liability? The government? WTF?!?!?!
::cussing:: that noise! ::gaah::
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I don't need to read it. If it's from congress or the administration it's no good. Any legislation put forward that does not nullify old law or regulation or seek to limit the existing powers of government is bad legislation. PERIOD.
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But remember it's the Republicans who are the "fascists".
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But remember it's the Republicans who are the "fascists".
Well, clearly some are or crap like this wouldn't become law, but your essential point is correct - practicially 99.999% of libiots are fascists in democrat clothing.
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Right. And just that it's such a common pejorative hurled at anyone the Left disagrees with, when in reality the Leftists are the ones who embody the dictionary definition of the word.