Originally Posted by
sid
I hope I'm totally misunderstanding you here, because a bill that can tap into select internet service providers to go on a hacker witch hunt is absolutely a privacy issue.
What? No, it can't.
The flow of information specified is from gov't entities TO private entities.
The data mentioned is already being collected, the question is whether they can share this data. As you obviously know because you have obviously read up on it, the data pertains only to significant cyberthreats as specified in the bill.
They cannot use this bill to go on a hacker witch hunt because the threat needs to already be specified. Gov't entities cannot use this as an excuse to tap in to ISPs because the bill mainly pertains to gov't entities sharing information with private entities in order to increase security - not to hunt down perpetrators.
Sharing of cybersecurity information is a GOOD THING. This is not sharing of videos of some guy taking a shit or of your browsing history. This is specific information about specific vulnerabilities.
How can having a specific definition of cyberthreat, and a mandate to encourage threat information sharing, be used to tap in to an ISP? Pray tell.
Originally Posted by
JayStar
I don't follow. I could name countless freedoms that American's enjoy that other people of other countries can not.
For instance, free speech. The ability to peacefully speak out against our government. Or perhaps a right now vote in our officials. Or (for the most part), free enterprise. Although there are some regulations, compared to any other leading country, America is #1 in free enterprise.
> Americans actually believe this