QuoteThe problem with CISPA is that any security it offers comes at the expense of unfettered government access to our personal information, which is then likely to be sucked into the secretive black hole of the spying complex known as the National Security Agency. The bill doesn’t specifically mention that information shared with the government will flow to the NSA, but neither are there any restrictions prohibiting that information from flowing to the agency. And, the agency has been lobbying for a larger role in cybersecurity operations of private networks...
CISPA is changing at the margins but it still has four major problems:
An overly broad, almost unlimited definition of the information can be shared with government agencies. And because that info is shared “notwithstanding any law,†CISPA trumps any federal or state privacy law that currently prohibits disclosure.
Enactment is likely to lead to expansion of the government’s role in the monitoring of private communications.
It could shift control of government cybersecurity efforts from civilian agencies to the NSA.
It creates a backdoor wiretap program because the information shared with the government isn’t limited to just cybersecurity, but could also be used for other purposes, such as law enforcement or by intelligence agencies.
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http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/04/opinion-meeks-cispa-cyber/
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QuoteWhy so flawed? Because while it aims to protect Americans from malicious cyber attacks, CISPA’s sweeping, vague language creates exemptions to all privacy laws. That’s why the Obama administration threatened to veto it last year, stating “Cybersecurity and privacy are not mutually exclusive.â€
http://www.wired.com/opinion/2013/03/dont-hate-cispa-fix-it/
The House passed CISPA on April 18. This is the voter break down:
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/113-2013/h117
(http://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/113-2013/h117)
For the dedicated this is a link to an overview of the bill which includes a link to the actual bill (40 pages). http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr624#overview (http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr624#overview)