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So Lets see how they define cyberthreat :

"
‘(4) CYBER THREAT INFORMATION-
‘(A) IN GENERAL- The term ‘cyber threat information’ means information directly pertaining to--[*]‘(i) a vulnerability of a system or network of a government or private entity;
‘(ii) a threat to the integrity, confidentiality, or availability of a system or network of a government or private entity or any information stored on, processed on, or transiting such a system or network;
‘(iii) efforts to deny access to or degrade, disrupt, or destroy a system or network of a government or private entity; or
‘(iv) efforts to gain unauthorized access to a system or network of a government or private entity, including to gain such unauthorized access for the purpose of exfiltrating information stored on, processed on, or transiting a system or network of a government or private entity.

"

Or

‘(6) CYBERSECURITY CRIME- The term ‘cybersecurity crime’ means--
‘(A) a crime under a Federal or State law that involves--

‘(i) efforts to deny access to or degrade, disrupt, or destroy a system or network;
‘(ii) efforts to gain unauthorized access to a system or network; or
‘(iii) efforts to exfiltrate information from a system or network without authorization;


Basically means that anyone expressing a negative opinion about the government or a company can be considered as a "threat". Basically everyone.
It also make investigative journalism, or the revelation of abject positions and choices of govt or company leaders, fall under "cybersecurity crime".
And i'm not sure but "effort to deny access to" could simply be seen as "setting a password"...

And people who generally hack their way to sensible informations in order to reveal those to the public, not physically hurting anyone, and trying to bring some "justice" in that money world, those people are fuckin heroes.

Anyway, I quoted only that part because a huge part of the bill is politic/lawyer giberish for me; plus it's not my mother tongue. But some lawyers and people with far more knowledges and experience in that area took the time to "popularise" its content, and explained how it is a danger for people and their liberty. If everyone had the knowledges and will to understand those bills, they wouldn't even bother trying to make them !
But thanks to the people who bother explaining to us, the mass, what's really at stake.
Last edited by deprav; Apr 24, 2013 at 07:20 PM.