"Breaking Silicon Valley's Silence"? What? Didn't Google lobby in favor of CISPA, and Facebook support it publicly?<p>This is also a very misleading summary of the history behind CISPA. It suggests that late-breaking amendments to CISPA widened its impact; in fact, unless you're concerned about child pornography or bodily-harm threats, the later amendments to CISPA <i>drastically narrowed</i> the act's reach. The bill the House passed adopted the classic C-I-A triad (confidentiality, availability, integrity) to define "cyber threat", and <i>explicitly exempted</i> "threats" that target only "consumer licensing".<p>I don't support CISPA, but the media's track record in representing it is terrible. This is unsurprising: they benefit directly from outrage about this silly bill, since outrage -> rageviews -> ad dollars.
The fact that some of these internet companies, such as Google, haven't taken a formal position is perplexing...or maybe not considering this may benefit their shareholders at the expense of society's privacy. Well, at least the non-profit is speaking out. I wonder if me posting something like this constitutes as a "national security" threat?
Unfortunately Mozilla is losing a lot of its weight with Firefox losing traction fast. Which is a shame, because it's still one of the best browsers out there, and it's distributed without a commercial agenda in mind.