The House of Representatives gave a thundering seal of approval on Thursday to a delightful American version of a News of the World -style private information-stealing initiative except that because it is the American version, it must be bigger and more hairy and makes it particularly
Listening to the EFF outrage machine, you'd think the bill didn't contain any kind of definition of what constitutes "cyber threat information", or that the definition was so vague that it would cover forwarding emails of cute kitten pics to your Aunt Mary.
The bill actually makes clear that cyber threat information is information about hack attempts. Emails and private messages on Facebook are not hack attempts, and could not in good faith be mistaken for hack attempts. That kind of snooping just isn't covered by CISPA even as it currently stands, and the immunity clause would exclude it also.
That's not to say it's an ideal piece of legislation, but it's quite clear I'm not cut out for a job at EFF because I just don't have what it takes to maintain a professional level of outrage 40 hours a week.
Nice photo of the Wonkette office (I'm guessing here, because I could not find an alt text).
I didn't realize you only employeed white men.
This is going to put a crimp in my study at home demolitions lessons from the University of Islamabad and my Somali porn sites.
Listening to the EFF outrage machine, you'd think the bill didn't contain any kind of definition of what constitutes "cyber threat information", or that the definition was so vague that it would cover forwarding emails of cute kitten pics to your Aunt Mary.
The bill actually makes clear that cyber threat information is information about hack attempts. Emails and private messages on Facebook are not hack attempts, and could not in good faith be mistaken for hack attempts. That kind of snooping just isn't covered by CISPA even as it currently stands, and the immunity clause would exclude it also.
That's not to say it's an ideal piece of legislation, but it's quite clear I'm not cut out for a job at EFF because I just don't have what it takes to maintain a professional level of outrage 40 hours a week.