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Price of liberty is eternal vigilance. (censorship bill)

Posted: 04 Apr 2012, 06:43
by Rikadyn
https://torrentfreak.com/draconian-privacy-invasion-bill-continues-to-gain-support-120404/

The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) hasn’t received a whole lot of media attention yet, but it continues to pick up support from legislators.

The bill is touted as being much worse than SOPA when it comes to privacy invasions.

Just as SOPA put an emphasis on piracy, CISPA also appears to include the infringement of intellectual property as a security threat warranting access to user data. The definition of “theft or misappropriation of private or government information” is given four times throughout the bill H.R. 3523.



Well...hits just keep coming...

Re: Price of liberty is eternal vigilance. (censorship bill)

Posted: 04 Apr 2012, 07:04
by Geoff_B
Determined aren't they?

Re: Price of liberty is eternal vigilance. (censorship bill)

Posted: 04 Apr 2012, 07:47
by Psyclone
THE INTERNET IS SCARY. WE DON'T UNDERSTAND IT. WE MUST KILL IT.

Re: Price of liberty is eternal vigilance. (censorship bill)

Posted: 04 Apr 2012, 07:55
by Geoff_B
It just wants to be our friend!

Re: Price of liberty is eternal vigilance. (censorship bill)

Posted: 04 Apr 2012, 08:43
by Merrymaker_Mortalis
Did TV ever cause this much satanicness? Or are people just a lot more vocal these days.

Re: Price of liberty is eternal vigilance. (censorship bill)

Posted: 04 Apr 2012, 09:11
by Lyinginbedmon
TV didn't allow every human being with a cheap and affordable device to share information globally without regard for how they obtained it.

Re: Price of liberty is eternal vigilance. (censorship bill)

Posted: 04 Apr 2012, 11:59
by Alja-Markir
Television did produce some small scares early on, as did radio, but nowhere near as big. The difference is that those technologies developed over longer periods of time, taking decades to become commercial successes and household staples. Their gradual introduction, as well as their much simpler functions and capabilities, made it easy for legislators to understand them.

The internet is about 30 years old, pretty much the age at which radio became widespread. The technical potential had been around for years, but it took decades to become popular and successful, aided by miniaturization and technical refinements. The difference now is in complexity. Radio is a relatively simple concept for legislators to grasp and weigh, whereas the internet is not.

~Alja~

Re: Price of liberty is eternal vigilance. (censorship bill)

Posted: 04 Apr 2012, 12:09
by Metcarfre
I would say it's partially complexity, but mostly because it's just so darn hard to control! (If you're gov't or a business).

Re: Price of liberty is eternal vigilance. (censorship bill)

Posted: 04 Apr 2012, 12:20
by empath
...but by God, we're damned well going to try! Image

Re: Price of liberty is eternal vigilance. (censorship bill)

Posted: 04 Apr 2012, 12:23
by EnglishMQ
It's like that guy saying, "O.K, I'm walking away now, just walk away, walking away, going up these stairs, in my room and KILL IT WITH FIRE

They really don't like what the Internet represents.

Re: Price of liberty is eternal vigilance. (censorship bill)

Posted: 04 Apr 2012, 12:24
by empath
What, independent thought?

Re: Price of liberty is eternal vigilance. (censorship bill)

Posted: 04 Apr 2012, 14:37
by Season's Beatings
empath wrote:What, independent thought?

Yes, because that bill isn't aimed at criminal elements online. Its just The Man beating down your door for having 'original' ideas.

Who has read the bill? Hands up now. I've skimmed it. What is it about, I hear you ask (all the wrong internet pundits and general fuckwads). Its not about SOPA or PIPA or even videogame piracy at all. Its not the ever present threat of being 'vaguely worded'. That is a buzz term for I can't understand this shit so it must be bad. Seriously, nobody can tell me exactly how SOPA/PIPA/ or this is vaguely worded without a really vague answer consisting of its vaguely worded and nothing more.

This bill is to give more power to prosecute people who leak trade secrets and private information as well as giving more recourse to go after hackers who take it by force.

Before taking your favourite 'internet journalist' opinions and ill researched ramblings as fact, try doing some research for yourselves. Sheep.

Re: Price of liberty is eternal vigilance. (censorship bill)

Posted: 04 Apr 2012, 15:06
by theDreamer
The law literally says "if you hire/are a cyber security firm, you may share any information percieved to be a cyber security threat with any OTHER company with/is a cyber security firm, and are protected from civil and criminal suits related to both acting and not acting on information gathered in this way."

Re: Price of liberty is eternal vigilance. (censorship bill)

Posted: 04 Apr 2012, 15:07
by Metcarfre
@Seasons I seem to recall you being OK with idea of commercial bodies forcing ISPs to divulge customer information without warrants. Is that true?

Re: Price of liberty is eternal vigilance. (censorship bill)

Posted: 04 Apr 2012, 16:10
by Rikadyn
ISPs have the power to collect information about your Internet use.

The RIAA/MPAA/etc can contract with your ISP to obtain this information.

This information is "proprietary" -- you don't have the right to know what info they're collecting on you.

The ISP is exempt from all legal and criminal action for surveillance under this bill.

Re: Price of liberty is eternal vigilance. (censorship bill)

Posted: 04 Apr 2012, 16:23
by Lyinginbedmon
In short it basically legalises spying on you.

Re: Price of liberty is eternal vigilance. (censorship bill)

Posted: 04 Apr 2012, 17:08
by goat
Can we seriously just get an internet bill of rights together?

Re: Price of liberty is eternal vigilance. (censorship bill)

Posted: 04 Apr 2012, 17:09
by theDreamer
I think it's called the constitution?

"Life, liberty, and the pursuit of ha-penis."

That should sum it up.

Re: Price of liberty is eternal vigilance. (censorship bill)

Posted: 04 Apr 2012, 17:25
by empath
Season's Beatings wrote:
empath wrote:What, independent thought?

Yes, because that bill isn't aimed at criminal elements online. Its just The Man beating down your door for having 'original' ideas.

Who has read the bill? Hands up now. I've skimmed it. What is it about, I hear you ask (all the wrong internet pundits and general fuckwads). Its not about SOPA or PIPA or even videogame piracy at all. Its not the ever present threat of being 'vaguely worded'. That is a buzz term for I can't understand this shit so it must be bad. Seriously, nobody can tell me exactly how SOPA/PIPA/ or this is vaguely worded without a really vague answer consisting of its vaguely worded and nothing more.

This bill is to give more power to prosecute people who leak trade secrets and private information as well as giving more recourse to go after hackers who take it by force.

Before taking your favourite 'internet journalist' opinions and ill researched ramblings as fact, try doing some research for yourselves. Sheep.


theDreamer wrote:The law literally says "if you hire/are a cyber security firm, you may share any information percieved to be a cyber security threat with any OTHER company with/is a cyber security firm, and are protected from civil and criminal suits related to both acting and not acting on information gathered in this way."
Lyinginbedmon wrote:In short it basically legalises spying on you.


My previous question still stands. :|



And get your taxonomy straight; I'm not a sheep, I'm a MOTHERFUCKING goat, son. You come at me with a weapon and I will eat the weapon, then maybe your shoes, and then the car you rode in on.

MESS WITH ME.

PLEASE.