securitybreach Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 A new cybersecurity bill poses serious threats to our privacy, gives the government extraordinary powers to silence potential whistleblowers, and exempts these dangerous new powers from transparency laws.The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2014 ("CISA") was scheduled to be marked up by the Senate Intelligence Committee yesterday but has been delayed until after next week's congressional recess. The response to the proposed legislation from the privacy, civil liberties, tech, and open government communities was quick and unequivocal – this bill must not go through. The bill would create a massive loophole in our existing privacy laws by allowing the government to ask companies for "voluntary" cooperation in sharing information, including the content of our communications, for cybersecurity purposes. But the definition they are using for the so-called "cybersecurity information" is so broad it could sweep up huge amounts of innocent Americans' personal data. The Fourth Amendment protects Americans' personal data and communications from undue government access and monitoring without suspicion of criminal activity. The point of a warrant is to guard that protection. CISA would circumvent the warrant requirement by allowing the government to approach companies directly to collect personal information, including telephonic or internet communications, based on the new broadly drawn definition of "cybersecurity information." https://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security-technology-and-liberty/beware-dangers-congress-latest-cybersecurity-bill 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebrke Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Here we go again. :'( 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Yes, didn't we try to get off that merry-go-round already many times... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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