[governance] CISPA backers reintroduce bill; privacy advocates quick to reiterate criticism
michael gurstein
gurstein at gmail.com
Mon Feb 18 15:31:39 EST 2013
Here is the link http://visual.ly/state-internet-us
M
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Sent: Monday, February 18, 2013 12:05 PM
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Subject: Re: [governance] CISPA backers reintroduce bill; privacy advocates
quick to reiterate criticism
The link is broken indeed. :( I am attaching the copy of the infographic
that I have.
Kind Regards,
Sala
On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 8:00 AM, Diego Rafael Canabarro
<diegocanabarro at gmail.com> wrote:
The link for the info-graphic is broken, Sala.
And I saw your comments on the Bill. :)
Regards
Diego
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 2:56 PM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro
<salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Diego,
There is an interesting infographic, see:
http://www.zingbroadband.com/state-of-internet-infographic on the state of
the Internet in the United States. I am not sure whether the information in
the infographic is authentic but it makes for interesting reading.
On the issue of the CISPA, there are varied causes for concern that exist
with the "access" to information of individuals, organizations and privacy
and the ability to trust that your information is secure and not arbitrarily
exposed.
When you see the recent regulatory trends by the FCC and how former FCC
Chair and Commissioner are now very much in the game, not that there is
anything wrong with it or is there? The view from here is pretty murky.
Aside from CISPA, there is another Cyber Security Bill that is equally
controversial, see:
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130126_pandoras_box_new_us_cyber_security_bi
lls_worm_hole_internet/
Kind Regards,
Sala
On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 5:18 AM, Diego Rafael Canabarro
<diegocanabarro at gmail.com> wrote:
CISPA backers reintroduce bill; privacy advocates quick to reiterate
criticism
<http://www.fiercegovernmentit.com/story/cispa-backers-reintroduce-bill-priv
acy-advocates-quick-reiterate-criticism/2013-02-14#ixzz2LGuwIvbU>
http://www.fiercegovernmentit.com/story/cispa-backers-reintroduce-bill-priva
cy-advocates-quick-reiterate-criticism/2013-02-14#ixzz2LGuwIvbU
February 14, 2013 | By <http://www.fiercegovernmentit.com/author/dperera>
David Perera
Backers of a controversial cybersecurity bill
<http://www.fiercegovernmentit.com/story/house-approves-cispa/2012-04-30>
approved by the House in April 2012 reintroduced it again Feb. 13 for
consideration by the new Congress.
The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (
<http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.uscongress/legislation.113hr624> H.R. 624) would
create a mechanism for the private sector to share with the federal
government cyber threat information--the Homeland Security Department, or
another federal agency. Critics such as the Center for Democracy and
Technology say the bill language creates an avenue for information on
American Internet users to go to the intelligence community, a criticism CDT
President Leslie Harris
<https://www.cdt.org/pr_statement/cybersecurity-legislation-still-fundamenta
lly-flawed-cdt-opposes-cispa> reiterated soon after the bill's
reintroduction.
Privacy groups have also said the bill would allow federal agencies to
repurpose the information they do receive through the information sharing
program, something that goes against privacy principles requiring data to be
used only for the purpose for which it was collected.
The reintroduced bill, like the version that passed the House, says the
government could use the information for cybersecurity itself, as well as
the investigation and prosecution of cybersecurity crimes; protection of
individuals from the danger of death or physical injury; protection of
minors from physical or psychological harm; and protection of the national
security of the United States.
Critics have particularly noted the crime and national security provisions,
stating that they could lead to overly broad uses of the data.
Bill co-sponsors Reps. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) and Dutch Ruppersberger
(D-Md.), chairman and ranking member, respectively, of the House
Intelligence Committee, have said much of the criticism is unwarranted.
The bill's language prevents an Internet service provider from sharing
information about its individual customers, a committee "myth v. fact"
<http://intelligence.house.gov/sites/intelligence.house.gov/files/documents/
cispamythvactFeb122013v2.pdf> document (.pdf) says.
Worries that the federal government would be able to read private emails
without a warrant ignores "the highly rapid and automated nature of cyber
threat information sharing," the document also says.
For more:
- <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.uscongress/legislation.113hr624> go to the THOMAS
page for H.R. 624
- <http://intelligence.house.gov/hr-624-press-materials> go to a House
Intelligence Committee webpage with press materials on the bill
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