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CISPA: Myths vs Facts [pdf]

4 pointsby badalyanabout 12 years ago

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gcb0about 12 years ago
<p><pre><code> tl;dr: "myth: true concern in a tin-foil-hat tone" "fact: here are some quote with vague legalese from the bill" </code></pre> if you really want the facts without the tin foil hat tone, <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57580268-38/cispa-permits-police-to-do-warrantless-database-searches/" rel="nofollow">http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57580268-38/cispa-permits-...</a><p>"Rep. Alan Grayson, a Florida Democrat, proposed a one-sentence amendment... to secure a warrant ... that House Republicans "wouldn't even allow debate on requiring a warrant"<p>"CISPA is controversial because it overrules all existing federal and state laws by saying "notwithstanding any other provision of law," including privacy policies and wiretap laws, companies may share cybersecurity-related information "with any other entity, including the federal government." It would not, however, require them to do so."