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posted by cmn32480 on Thursday October 22 2015, @06:09PM   Printer-friendly
from the the-ever-expanding-government dept.

Apple and Dropbox said Tuesday that they oppose a controversial cybersecurity bill that, according to critics, would give the government sweeping new powers to spy on Americans in the name of protecting them from hackers.

The announcement by the two companies comes days before the Senate expects to vote on the legislation, known as the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, or CISA.

"We don't support the current CISA proposal," Apple said in a statement. "The trust of our customers means everything to us and we don't believe security should come at the expense of their privacy."

Dropbox said that the bill needed more privacy protections in order to win its support.


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  • (Score: 0, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 22 2015, @06:12PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 22 2015, @06:12PM (#253320)

    How dare they! Obama is bringing us Hope and Change. He's the best president ever.

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  • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Friday October 23 2015, @05:58PM

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Friday October 23 2015, @05:58PM (#253675) Journal

    Did you know that the President doesn't write bills? (apparently not)