The act clearly states on page 1740 that personal information needs to be removed from data that is shared. The act also states that any violation of this will require notification of the person if this is not followed.
The act also states that privacy and civil liberties factors are included.
Before people need to read the and attempt to understand before jumping to conclusions.
I believe this bill was making it's way through the legislative process and then the Eric Snowden disclosure happened.
How many high profile network break-ins have happened since then? Juniper Networks just announced yesterday a major compromise. OPM was hacked and information for 20Million current and former employees and their spouses and children were compromised.
This legislation has been needed for years. It is about time congress passed it.
The majority of network break-ins are as result of companies or governments being asleep behind the wheel. There needs to be monitoring to find when break-ins happen. When break-ins happen companies need to be able to share signatures to look for break-ins on other networks. Sharing is also needed to allow the government to see if there are break-ins on their networks.
My guess is there will be procedures that state that personal information not relevant to the break-in will need to be removed or destroyed from the information that is shared.
There is not going to be a full proof system. Getting back to my point.
Technology companies and folks on Slashdot have been mercilessly beating up on the government and intelligence agencies. It is not helpful and is shrill behavior. Folks need to take that energy and look for ways they can help combat the problem of lone wolfs and terrorist using technologies from the private sectors. How many folks who did mass killings posted on social media before doing these acts? Folks need to stop complaining and work to be part of the solution.
Ok Slashdot Nation. Time to stop blasting the government. Take the passion and make a difference to save the world from ISIS, terrorists, and lone wolfs.
I did not understand your usage of the term double-tap. Thanks for explaining that. I do agree killing individuals who have nothing to do with terrorism is not justified.
Couple of questions. Was it an extremist position for the US to attack Islamic militants in Afghanistan after 9/11? Is it an extremist position to capture and kill Islamic militants in Afghanistan today?
I agree it is unfortunate that innocent people are getting hurt by drone strikes. Unfortunately weak nations stood by for years to watch this extremist culture fester. Maybe the US and others should stop the drone strikes, military action, and let the host countries deal with their own problems.
Oracle's lack of quality control has brought untold numbers of zero days which has eroded confidence and trust in the 'compile once run everywhere promise.' Likewise Google has fractured the mobile handset and tablet eco-system with too many variants of a 'standard' framework . Both companies should be taken to court by a class action lawsuit and sued for a gazillion dollars.
I do not believe the military or government sees Pakistanis, Afghans, and Iraqis as less than human. Unfortunately many in the Islamic culture support honor killings, repressive treatment of girls and women, raping of young girls, and blind hatred of people of other religions.
Yeah. Funny thing about those terrorists. It is 'inconvenient' that they enjoy killing innocent people all over the world due to their warped word views. It is 'inconvenient' they are killing innocent children and taking young under 10 years old as wives.
The constitution is a beautiful thing. It provides protections against unreasonable searches and seizures. It also provides the government a mechanism to obtain information using warrants approved by courts. It seems the recent debateis over what is unreasonable and when warrants are required.
I have a friend that made a decision that there are certain jobs he will never take. Those jobs included those which go against his moral beliefs. People who do not believe it is moral to spy on people in other countries should not take a job at the NSA. If the guy came to learn things that he was not comfortable with then he should have stopped being a cog in the machine and resigned.
The recent issue has been the FISA Section 215 program. Not the "warrantless wiretapping" program going back to the early 2000s. The FISA court is not a rubber stamp.
Let's talk about the limits for a second. Folks are upset by activities that were 1) authorized by Congress, 2) had oversight by the executive branch of the US government (White House, Department of Justice, and ODNI), and 3) were reviewed by the courts. If you don't like what is going on then stop wasting your time posting on./ then get involved and write to your congressmen to change things.
There are a number of problems with that proposal. There are existing laws in the United States that state hacking activities are illegal. Attribution of hackers involved in a data breach is extremely difficult. What burden of proof is required to 'prove' who was behind the attack? What happens if a company's hackers doesn't get it right and they hack the wrong company? What if CEO's are involved in a dust up - say about who has the best wireless coverage - and decide to use hacking to perform a massive DDoS against a competitors web sites? What if a baseball team gets upset that an opposing picture 'beans' one of their stars and decides to take out their response on the Internet using anonymous hackers paid with bitcoin?
Simple solution to this problem. Find the person(s) who invented the concept of assignment operators, comments, and byte code and mount a major lawsuit against Sun for billions of dollars for copyright violation. Just front end them.
Social media is a great platform that helps connect people and bring them closer together. Unfortunately, when used inappropriately these platforms become weapons that will destroy teens and families. I have a member in my extended family who gets pleasure by gossiping, slandering, and causing conflict in all of her relationships. She has been in the family for 18 years. This individual started using Facebook several years ago to subtly malign family members. Last year we made the difficult decision to break off all contact, online and in person, with this individual. The simple solution to prevent bullying is to "unplug".
I can see his point somewhat regarding intellectual property for music. However, artists should have a mechanism to control what they create. Artists must maintain a "brand" and you would not want someone on a major level covering songs and destroying this brand. Copyrights provide a means to help them maintain this brand.
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Have you read the act? Try that first before equating the United States with Nazi Germany
The act clearly states on page 1740 that personal information needs to be removed from data that is shared. The act also states that any violation of this will require notification of the person if this is not followed. The act also states that privacy and civil liberties factors are included. Before people need to read the and attempt to understand before jumping to conclusions.
I believe this bill was making it's way through the legislative process and then the Eric Snowden disclosure happened. How many high profile network break-ins have happened since then? Juniper Networks just announced yesterday a major compromise. OPM was hacked and information for 20Million current and former employees and their spouses and children were compromised. This legislation has been needed for years. It is about time congress passed it.
The majority of network break-ins are as result of companies or governments being asleep behind the wheel. There needs to be monitoring to find when break-ins happen. When break-ins happen companies need to be able to share signatures to look for break-ins on other networks. Sharing is also needed to allow the government to see if there are break-ins on their networks. My guess is there will be procedures that state that personal information not relevant to the break-in will need to be removed or destroyed from the information that is shared.
There is not going to be a full proof system. Getting back to my point. Technology companies and folks on Slashdot have been mercilessly beating up on the government and intelligence agencies. It is not helpful and is shrill behavior. Folks need to take that energy and look for ways they can help combat the problem of lone wolfs and terrorist using technologies from the private sectors. How many folks who did mass killings posted on social media before doing these acts? Folks need to stop complaining and work to be part of the solution.
Ok Slashdot Nation. Time to stop blasting the government. Take the passion and make a difference to save the world from ISIS, terrorists, and lone wolfs.
I did not understand your usage of the term double-tap. Thanks for explaining that. I do agree killing individuals who have nothing to do with terrorism is not justified.
Couple of questions. Was it an extremist position for the US to attack Islamic militants in Afghanistan after 9/11? Is it an extremist position to capture and kill Islamic militants in Afghanistan today?
I agree it is unfortunate that innocent people are getting hurt by drone strikes. Unfortunately weak nations stood by for years to watch this extremist culture fester. Maybe the US and others should stop the drone strikes, military action, and let the host countries deal with their own problems.
How many zero days were there in Java before Hor-acle took it over? Enough said.
Oracle's lack of quality control has brought untold numbers of zero days which has eroded confidence and trust in the 'compile once run everywhere promise.' Likewise Google has fractured the mobile handset and tablet eco-system with too many variants of a 'standard' framework . Both companies should be taken to court by a class action lawsuit and sued for a gazillion dollars.
I do not believe the military or government sees Pakistanis, Afghans, and Iraqis as less than human. Unfortunately many in the Islamic culture support honor killings, repressive treatment of girls and women, raping of young girls, and blind hatred of people of other religions.
Yeah. Funny thing about those terrorists. It is 'inconvenient' that they enjoy killing innocent people all over the world due to their warped word views. It is 'inconvenient' they are killing innocent children and taking young under 10 years old as wives.
The constitution is a beautiful thing. It provides protections against unreasonable searches and seizures. It also provides the government a mechanism to obtain information using warrants approved by courts. It seems the recent debateis over what is unreasonable and when warrants are required.
I have a friend that made a decision that there are certain jobs he will never take. Those jobs included those which go against his moral beliefs. People who do not believe it is moral to spy on people in other countries should not take a job at the NSA. If the guy came to learn things that he was not comfortable with then he should have stopped being a cog in the machine and resigned.
The recent issue has been the FISA Section 215 program. Not the "warrantless wiretapping" program going back to the early 2000s. The FISA court is not a rubber stamp.
So you believe the administration is capricious and just picks random people in drone strikes?
Let's talk about the limits for a second. Folks are upset by activities that were 1) authorized by Congress, 2) had oversight by the executive branch of the US government (White House, Department of Justice, and ODNI), and 3) were reviewed by the courts. If you don't like what is going on then stop wasting your time posting on ./ then get involved and write to your congressmen to change things.
Do you hear what you are saying? You are saying the people who work as NSA are the same as those at Auschwitz who killed masses of people.
There is no chance in hell that would hold up in court.
There are a number of problems with that proposal. There are existing laws in the United States that state hacking activities are illegal. Attribution of hackers involved in a data breach is extremely difficult. What burden of proof is required to 'prove' who was behind the attack? What happens if a company's hackers doesn't get it right and they hack the wrong company? What if CEO's are involved in a dust up - say about who has the best wireless coverage - and decide to use hacking to perform a massive DDoS against a competitors web sites? What if a baseball team gets upset that an opposing picture 'beans' one of their stars and decides to take out their response on the Internet using anonymous hackers paid with bitcoin?
Just wait for the demise of this ungodly civilization that rationalizes its' sin and devious behavior as 'civil rights'
Simple solution to this problem. Find the person(s) who invented the concept of assignment operators, comments, and byte code and mount a major lawsuit against Sun for billions of dollars for copyright violation. Just front end them.
Social media is a great platform that helps connect people and bring them closer together. Unfortunately, when used inappropriately these platforms become weapons that will destroy teens and families. I have a member in my extended family who gets pleasure by gossiping, slandering, and causing conflict in all of her relationships. She has been in the family for 18 years. This individual started using Facebook several years ago to subtly malign family members. Last year we made the difficult decision to break off all contact, online and in person, with this individual. The simple solution to prevent bullying is to "unplug".
I can see his point somewhat regarding intellectual property for music. However, artists should have a mechanism to control what they create. Artists must maintain a "brand" and you would not want someone on a major level covering songs and destroying this brand. Copyrights provide a means to help them maintain this brand.