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Mozilla Calls CISPA an "Alarming" Threat to Privacy

Posted by samzenpus on from the do-not-like dept.

Sparrowvsrevolution writes "Mozilla has taken a public stand against the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, saying that it has a 'broad and alarming reach' that 'infringes on our privacy.' That makes it the first major tech firm to speak out against CISPA. Facebook, Microsoft, IBM, Intel, Oracle and Symantec are all included among the companies that support the bill, which passed the House late last month and is now being considered in the Senate. Google has so far declined to take a stand supporting or opposing the bill."

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  1. Google by recoiledsnake · · Score: 5, Informative

    Google did indicate that they're lobbying on it, but won't say which way, which leads to the question. If they're lobbying against it, why would they hide it?

    http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/223069-google-acknowledges-lobbying-on-cybersecurity-bill-cispa

    There are strong indications that Google is actually supporting the bill behind closed doors and hiding it avoid a public backlash.

    http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/221977-gop-chairman-google-supportive-of-controversial-cybersecurity-bill-cispa

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  2. Finally someone that matters speaks up! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Thank goodness a corporation finally spoke up against this bill! I mean sure, all those citizens did too, but they're just people and that's not how we do things in America.

  3. Re:take away by TaoPhoenix · · Score: 3, Informative

    (Bitter)
    Of course they can.
    You seem to think the Constitution means something.
    However Corporations now have Sudo powers over the Constitution.
    (/Bitter)

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  4. Re:Public opinion not relevant by hilather · · Score: 1, Informative

    Checked out the link... interesting read. Interesting because, considering the plethora of stupid shit that man said in his 8 years as President, people actually bother to take time to make stuff up. Anyway, thanks for the update, I'll remove that notion from my vernacular immediately.

    Wikiquote seems to disagree (although it mentions it was said behind closed doors...).

    Stop throwing the Constitution in my face. It's just a goddamned piece of paper!

    http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_W._Bush