DOJ Claims It Can Read Your E-mail without a Warrant. CISPA | proparanoid. A simple solution: establish a Web Walker, your own Internet emulation to totally bypass the existing system — and its snoops The FBI, CIA, DIA, DHS, NSA, and dozens of other agencies including the Federal Reserve spy on internet users, and it is going to get much worse, SOON — perhaps to include martial law and suspension of the Constitution in the major next terrorism wave. For example, CISPA and other legislation continues to threaten to remake the Internet into a completely transparent spying mechanism, or worse, it seems logical to expect government to shut these systems down altogether in a Martial Law or other declared emergency, or if there is a 99% Occupy on Steroids event, or worse.
Since the attacks of Sept. 11, the government has created more than 260 new Agencies, the bulk of which are geared up for or in support of spying on you and me, what we do, say, and think. There’s nothing particularly novel about the idea (but by all means, feel free to credit me with accolades). CISPA Sponsor Mike Rogers May Go On To Lead The FBI. Texas Politicians Fast Track CISPA-Like Law Through House, Senate Vote Expected Soon.
Liberal-flavored site Burnt Orange Report sheds some light on a Texas bill sponsored by both Democrats and Republicans in the House that gives law enforcement in the state broad powers to look at private Internet data without much justification. The bill was sponsored by Texas Republican Reps. John Frullo, Allen Fletcher, and John Carona; and Democratic Rep. Senfronia Thompson. House Bill 2268 is described as follows: "Relating to search warrants issued in this state and other states for certain customer data, communications, and other related information held in electronic storage in this state and other states by providers of electronic communications services and remote computing services. " Basically the bill gives law enforcement in the state the ability to compel ISPs within and outside the state to hand over online communications in 4-30 days after securing a search warrant from a court.
The bill passed the House without any opposition at all on May 7. Source: Burnt Orange Report. Rep. Mike Rogers sponsored CISPA, a bill that would give the FBI new power to access private user data. Rep. Mike Rogers is also the front runner to become the next director of the FBI. : technology. Let's not sacrifice privacy on altar of cybersecurity | The Chillicothe Gazette | chillicothegazette.com. 5 Things to Look for in CISPA's Replacement. Takeaway: CISPA failed in the Senate, but that doesn't mean it's dead; its next incarnation is likely to include many of the same issues. The emergence of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) has been an ongoing saga about how the American government handles issues surrounding personal privacy and security on the Internet. After passing the House last year, CISPA stalled in the Senate this April. Even so, many critics say it still isn't dead, and that at the very least, the government will be trying something similar in the near future.
There's been a lot of buzz about CISPA, but its effects aren't entirely clear. So how would CISPA (or similar legislation based on it) affect everyday Internet users? Here's a look at what CISPA attempted to do - and what to look for in its replacement. (For some background on the bill, read Tech In the House: CISPA Faces Congress.) Existing Online Surveillance Could Get a Whole Lot Easier Big Companies Could Go Along for the Ride. LETTER — Vote for CISPA is a vote against liberty.
Cispatriot Act US Reps approve CISPA cybersecurity bill. Firm firewall: Reddit, Craigslist head anti-CISPA online protest. Why CISPA Could Actually Lead To More Hacking Attacks. One thing we've talked about for years is that lawmakers are notoriously bad at thinking through the unintended consequences of legislation they put forth. They seem to think that whatever they set the law to be will work perfectly, and that there won't be any other consequences. This is one reason why we're so wary of simple "fixes" even when the idea or purpose sound good up front.
"Protecting artists" sounds good... unless it destroys the kinds of services artists need. Cybersecurity sounds good, unless it actually makes it easier to violate your privacy. And, now, people are realizing that not only may cybersecurity rules like CISPA be awful for privacy, but they could potentially lead to more "cyber" attacks, as companies look to "hack back" against those who attack them. The idea is known as "active defense" to some, "strike-back" capability to others and "counter measures" to still more experts in the burgeoning cybersecurity field.
Some of those fears have reached Rep. CISPA Continues To Draw Opposition. Cyber threats are real and have affected major corporations. China-based hackers have even tapped into personal information from journalists at the New York Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal. Action needs to be taken to prevent future cyber attacks. That’s what the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act set out to achieve. In April, 2012 the bill was introduced and passed the House, but it didn’t pass the Senate because it didn’t have White House support. In a Statement of Administration Policy from the Executive Office of the President in April, the government said in response to the bill, “Legislation should address core critical infrastructure vulnerabilities without sacrificing the fundamental values of privacy and civil liberties for out citizens.”
At that time, President Obama said he would veto the bill on the grounds that it put “American’s privacy at risk,” but it is unclear how this round with the bill will go. S ource: Washington Post. CISPA. CISPA - The End of the Internet and Free Speech.mp4 (FreeAsSlaves) Panetta Warns of Dire Threat of Cyberattack on U.S.
After defeat of Senate cybersecurity bill, Obama weighs executive-order option. Senate Republicans recently blocked cybersecurity legislation, but the issue might not be dead after all. The White House hasn't ruled out issuing an executive order to strengthen the nation's defenses against cyberattacks if Congress refuses to act. “In the wake of Congressional inaction and Republican stall tactics, unfortunately, we will continue to be hamstrung by outdated and inadequate statutory authorities that the legislation would have fixed," White House press secretary Jay Carney told The Hill when asked about the possibility of an executive order. "Moving forward, the President is determined to do absolutely everything we can to better protect our nation against today’s cyber threats and we will do that," Carney said. The White House has emphasized that better protecting vital computer systems is a top priority.
The president urged Congress to pass the Cybersecurity Act, which was offered by Sens. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine). Although Sen. Sen. Final Vote Results for Roll Call 192. Business fuels death of cyber bill. Over the last three years savvy business interests managed to water down a bill to beef up America's cybersecurity - and then Thursday it drowned. Key industries played one chamber against the other and one party against the other, knowing precisely where to toss their monkey wrenches. What they did not do: race to self-regulate to appease Congress the way industries in the crosshairs usually do -- a sign that they believed they'd win in the end.
The Cybersecurity Act of 2012, the tougher of the two main bills in the Senate, failed to clear a procedural hurdle Thursday to get a full vote -- despite widespread predictions of crippling cyberattacks. "You'd think they'd step up, but they think they can avoid it, so they want to push it off," Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), a lead sponsor, told POLITICO recently. Lieberman added that the tactic is "dangerous" because the cyberthreat is real. On cyberlegislation, though, silence.
OVERNIGHT TECH: Senators head home with cybersecurity on the ropes. "Sen. [Harry] Reid [(D-Nev.)] has said, and he's been very steadfast about this, if both sides can come up with a finite list of germane and relevant amendments to the topic of cybersecurity, he will bring it up," Lieberman said. The bill has been Lieberman's top priority before he retires from the Senate at the end of the year. The bill's sponsors already watered down its regulatory provisions, but that wasn't enough to win the support of Senate Republicans or the powerful business lobby, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. White House press secretary Jay Carney called the vote a "profound disappointment. " "The politics of obstructionism, driven by special interest groups seeking to avoid accountability, prevented Congress from passing legislation to better protect our nation from potentially catastrophic cyber-attacks," Carney said in a statement. In the wake of the bill's defeat, House Republicans urged the Senate to take up the House's Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA).
Obama Gives Thumbs-Up to New Cybersecurity Bill. President Obama stressed the need for the Senate to pass "comprehensive cybersecurity legislation" in an op-ed published hours after a revised cybersecurity bill was introduced in the Senate. "We need to make it easier for the government to share threat information so critical-infrastructure companies are better prepared," wrote Obama in the Wall Street Journal on Thursday. "We need to make it easier for these companies—with reasonable liability protection—to share data and information with government when they're attacked.
And we need to make it easier for government, if asked, to help these companies prevent and recover from attacks. " The president has not always been kind to Congressional cybersecurity efforts: CISPA (Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act) passed the House in April despite a veto threat from Obama's top advisors. The latest version of the Lieberman-Collins bill, introduced late Thursday, represents a compromise between the different camps. Privacy advocates satisfied with Lieberman’s cybersecurity rewrite. Revisions that Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) made to his Cybersecurity Act seem to have appeased privacy advocates who lobbied against an earlier version of the bill.
Michelle Richardson, a legislative counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), told The Hill that Lieberman and other co-sponsors made "substantial changes" and undertook a "Herculean effort to build privacy protections" into the bill. Sharon Bradford Franklin, senior policy counsel at The Constitution Project, applauded the changes, saying they "go a long way toward alleviating our concerns. " "The amendments address key civil liberties concerns that have dogged the cybersecurity debate," agreed Leslie Harris, president and CEO of the Center for Democracy and Technology. The statements mark a major shift for the privacy groups, which had urged the Senate to reject the previous version of Lieberman's bill to prevent an erosion of civil liberties.
Supporters of Lieberman's bill, including Sens. Sens. Cybersecurity Act on the Senate floor - Denver Grassroots Politics. In the heels of the biggest blackout that happened in India, where three electric grids collapsed in a cascade Tuesday cutting power to 620 million people, CISPA - the Cybersecurity Information Sharing and Protection Act - is getting bombarded with amendments from both sides of the Senate aisle. CISPA would increase protections for the nation's electrical grid, financial networks, transportation system and other critical infrastructure. But it also gives the government, including military spy agencies like the National Security Agency (NSA), virtually unlimited powers to capture our personal information — medical records, private emails, financial information — all without a warrant or proper oversight.
Every media report on CISPA raises the fear of a cyberattack on "critical infrastructure" like the electric power grid. The Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance (GPS) Act, pertains to geolocation tracking. A group of Republicans lead by Sens. Code Red - By James Andrew Lewis. The U.S. Congress has been considering two significant cybersecurity bills, the Revised Cybersecurity Act of 2012, which failed a procedural vote in the Senate on Thursday, and the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) in the House of Representatives.* Their significance comes from their shortcomings: Both bills have fallen prey to the limits of the current American political climate, where special interests and disputes over the appropriate role of government have combined to harm national security -- and, as a result, neither will do much to protect the United States from cyberthreats.
Congress knows that weak cybersecurity endangers the country -- and that America is dangerously unprepared -- but it cannot muster a majority to support serious defensive measures. The same forces that have kept Capitol Hill in gridlock on many important issues have also blocked effective cybersecurity legislation. To be fair, early drafts of the Cybersecurity Act had problems. CISPA Senate Version Set To Vote Next Week. You Ready? « It’s time to beat down CISPA that wants to beat down our 4th Amendment rights.
It’s still surprises me how CISPA passes the House of Representatives a couple of months ago. Now we need our Senator to OPPOSE the bill that threaten our privacy. But lets just say CISPA passed the Senate and President Frank Marshall Davis.Jr AKA Barack Obama sign it into law. Good news? They have added new provision to the bill. Keep the data in the hands of civilian agencies (as opposed to the National Security Agency);Restrict the government’s use of the information to cyber security issues and the prevention of immediate physical harm;Require annual reporting on the data’s use;Let American sue the government for abuse; andA clandestine attack on Net Neutrality has been removed. So everything is looking good so far.
Goto demandprogress.org and sign a petition and protect internet privacy. Like this: Like Loading... The President talks cyber security, or is it just for political gain? July 23, 2012 Malware hits the Mac but is it worth worrying about? While political leaders often write columns for a national newspaper, it is rare that it would be on national cyber security. So when I saw that US President Barack Obama had written an 800 word column titled ‘Taking the cyber attack threat seriously' for the Wall Street Journal, it was worth reviewing his comments. Obama used this column to review recent military strategy meetings and concluded with the line ‘It's time to strengthen our defences against this growing danger'. He admitted that the next adversary could be a cyber one, rather than a directly physical attack. He said: “So far, no one has managed to seriously damage or disrupt our critical infrastructure networks. “It doesn't take much to imagine the consequences of a successful cyber attack.
This specific act is the Cybersecurity Act of 2012, which Obama urged the Senate to pass and Congress to send him comprehensive legislation so he could sign it into law. CISPA Is Ridiculously Hideous (And It Just Passed The House) What is an Unauthorized Disclosure? | Secrecy News. Correction added below The anti-leak provisions proposed by the Senate Intelligence Committee in the pending FY2013 intelligence authorization act have been widely criticized as misconceived and ill-suited to achieving their presumed goals.
But they also suffer from a lack of clarity and an absence of definitions of crucial terms. For example, there is no clear definition of “the news media” to whom unauthorized disclosures are to be prohibited, as noted today by Josh Gerstein in Politico. Certainly a reporter for a national news organization is a member of the news media, but what about a blogger who produces original reporting? Or a tweeter who spreads previously undisclosed information? Nor is the term “classified information” defined in the new bill as precisely as one would wish. By contrast, the Freedom of Information Act, for example, limits withholding of information on national security grounds to records that are “properly classified.”
112th Congress (2011-2012. Redrafted US cyber security act could still threaten internet freedom - 23 Jul 2012. Networking Nuggets and Security Snippets: Cybersecurity Legislation and APTs: Listen to the security pros. Do you have a secret? Call your Senator today and stop the Cyber Security Act of 2012: it legalizes spying on your email, chats, photos, social behavior, and location for any purpose. John Locke. No Digital Big Brother: Keep the Military Out of Your Email. Major CISPA opponent steps down, jeopardizing White House's veto promise. Red Alert! The 'Cyber Intelligence Sharing & Protection Act' CISPA. Cybersecurity Act of 2012 Re-Introduced in Senate With Changes to Address Information-Sharing Privacy Concerns. Obama Makes Cybersecurity a Priority. At DEFCON 20! » Barack Obama’s Pro Cyber-Security (CISPA) Freedom-Ending Op-Ed In The Wall Street Journal.
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CISPA | Myjive. CISPA Compromise. The Cybersecurity Act of 2012. Democrats slip gun control into cybersecurity bill - National Conservative. Throw SOPA, PIPA and CISPA on the Grill! High capacity gun magazines banned added to CISPA. Cybersecurity Act Needs One Big Change To Please Privacy Advocates. Cybersecurity bill: 4 initiatives to stronger legislation. Enough with the Distractions … It’s Time for Consensus-Oriented Cybersecurity Legislation - MFRTech. EFF: The NSA Cannot Be Trusted to Oversee Cybersecurity Operations. GalaxyVisions Supports Internet Freedom. Civil Libertarians Launch Campaign Against CISPA - Hit & Run. BE AWARE: New #CISPA in the Senate ready for a vote #KillCISPA : 57UN. New CISPA in the Senate ready for a vote.
Cybersecurity Act Of 2012 Might Actually End Up Being Pro-Privacy. House Passes CISPA in Surprise Vote; Opponents Will Continue to Fight in Senate. Condemns CISPA, Vows to Take Fight to the Senate. ACTA Failure Inspires The Most Clueless Column Ever. New Cybersecurity Bill May Actually Take Privacy Concerns Seriously. Microsoft denies softening of CISPA support. Mozilla Slams CISPA, Breaking Silicon Valley's Silence On Cybersecurity Bill.
Civil-liberties groups urge rejection of White House-supported cyber bill. 2096, The Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2011. 3834, The Advancing America's Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act of 2012. 4257, The Federal Information Security Amendments Act of 2012. 3523, The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011.