House Passes CISPA

wiedzmin writes "The House approved Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act with a 248 to 168 vote today. CISPA allows internet service providers to share Internet 'threat' information with government agencies, including DHS and NSA, without having to protect any personally identifying data of its customers, without a court order. It effectively immunizes ISPs from privacy lawsuits for disclosing customer information, grants them anti-trust protection on colluding on cybersecurity issues and allows them to bypass privacy laws when sharing data with each other."

Comments

First

[Jeremiah Cornelius]

George Orwell

Re:First

[Anonymous Coward]

Both parties aren't equally bad, but the difference is still coke and pepsi. One group stabs you in the back, one stabs you in the front. Take your pick.

Re:First

[cpu6502]

Now we'll see if Obama keeps his promise
(veto the bill).
I'm not holding my breath.

In other news: Megaupload will likely Not be prosecuted by the U.S. Government because the judge ruled the government has no authority to "serve" a foreign company. Bad news: The U.S.G. still wins because they've destroyed the company, so RIAA and MPAA got their money's worth when they bribed the politicians to act as their puppets and kill megaupload.

I can't help wondering if the same tactic will be used in the future against sites or persons that Hollywood/the record companies desire to be silenced. No doubt CISPA will make that task so much easier.

Danm Fcukers.

Re:Yes, I will tell you that

[Daniel Dvorkin]

Jesus H. Christ. Here is a very clear-cut case, having practically nothing to do with either entitlements or war, in which a strong majority of Democrats voted against expanding the power of the state, and a strong majority of Republicans voted for it. Just out of curiosity, is there anything that could convince you that there's a meaningful difference between the parties?

Well....

[Dripdry]

my long-time girlfriend and I have been debating whether to leave the country. I guess the strategy is to keep our heads down as long as possible, ignore using the internet, learn another language or two, save up as much as we can, and get the fuck out of this country.

For some reason I was really starting to think I could settle down in this country, have a family, and be productive.

Re:"Not voting"

[Anonymous Coward]

By not voting, the estimable Ron Paul did as much as most people posting about it here on /. have done. So he has a bigger microphone, by not voting on it, he did not do his job.

Re:House of Representatives

[Imrik]

They are representatives, just not of the people that voted for them. They represent the people that paid for their campaigns.

Republican Driven Legislation

[tyrione]

All you GOP hack lovers who espouse about their love of Privacy, Liberty, Guns, blah, blah, blah take a look at the count:

http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2012/roll192.xml

AYES: GOP 206, DEM 42
NOES: GOP 28, DEM 140
NOT VOTING: GOP 8, DEM 7

Don't tell me the GOP is for your privacy. Stew in your own bull****.

Sad Little People

[Jeremiah Cornelius]

Can't get it through your heads, but it's true:
Your
Republic
is
Gone

The throw little bones your way, called things like a "Ron Paul" or a "Democratic Alternative" so you can't quite give up hope, in pursuit something which became quite impossible, some time ago...

Re:Sad Little People

[reboot246]

Bullets in the heads of corrupt politicians solve even more problems.

Re:"Not voting"

[SeaFox]

[Paul] was among the 15 who did not cast a vote. Thanks, Ron.

You know, he did put out a lengthy statement Monday slamming this Act and calling a lot of negative attention to it.

Actions speak louder than words.

Re:No they don't.

[Jeremiah Cornelius]

"If we overthrew the government, we couldn't watch The Voice anymore."

Re:No they don't.

[Jstlook]

Add a new separation between Business and State.

This needs to be said again and again, until it is heard.

If a business wants their corporate viewpoint heard in government, they need to encourage their employees, clients/customers, and distributors to vote in their favor, rather than simply throwing money at the problem.