John Leyden reports: Activist and hacktivist collective Anonymous has launched an online awareness-raising operation opposing pending controversial US information-sharing bills. Critics from across the political spectrum, including libertarian-minded technologist Robert Graham, argue that the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act sacrifices privacy without improving security. Anonymous goes further still in arguing that the measures threaten Fourth Amendment protections…
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CISPA’s Privacy-Killing Successor Just Cleared Its First Hurdle
CISPA’s successor, which civil liberties groups say is still awful for privacy and could threaten net neutrality, is moving forward despite those concerns—the Senate Intelligence Committee passed it yesterday, meaning it’ll likely be voted on by the full chamber. We’ve given you the rundown on the Cybersecurity Information Act of 2014 a couple times before, but Sen. Dianne…
CISPA Zombie Bill Is Back, With Fewer Privacy Concerns…Maybe?
Dana Liebelson reports: This summer, when Edward Snowden dropped his bombshell about PRISM, the NSA’s vast Internet spying program, the House had recently passed a bill called the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA). Widely criticized by privacy advocates, CISPA aimed to beef up US cybersecurity by giving tech companies the legal freedom to share even more cyber information…
Senate smackdown of House? Senate won’t vote on CISPA – staffers
Gerry Smith reports: The Senate will not vote on a cybersecurity bill that passed the House earlier this month, according to two Senate staffers, dealing a blow to a measure that sparked opposition from privacy advocates and the White House. Read more on Huffington Post. Apparently, some senators are drafting their own bill. But will…