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on Thursday October 22 2015, @06:09PM
from the the-ever-expanding-government dept.
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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TOO BAD YOU CAN'T BUY a voodoo globe so that you could make the earth spin
real fast and freak everybody out.
-- Jack Handey, The New Mexican, 1988.
(Score: 2) by Kromagv0 on Thursday October 22 2015, @07:29PM
While a reasonable dig at Feinstein this is something that will have broad appeal to both parties. I'm surprises none of my congress critters have gotten behind it although since this is in the senate one of my senators won't dare take a controversial position before a vote and the other seems to like to hang back and be quiet after getting elected. If it were in the house my representative would be on it like flies on shit.
T-Shirts and bumper stickers [zazzle.com] to offend someone
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 22 2015, @07:57PM
I got the impression that the house version passed a few months ago.
(Score: 2) by kurenai.tsubasa on Thursday October 22 2015, @11:03PM
Damn it. I was looking to provide citation, but I instead found this: *sigh* [techdirt.com]. Figures. Both senators from the backwards state I call home voted for it.
So, everybody, click the link and see whether or not you need to vote against the incumbent next year. Here's a helpful diagram [wikipedia.org] so you can plan ahead. Match the names in the class 3 column to the 83 names listed in the first link. Also note that Sanders (I-VT) has today voted against this crap.
Heck, why don't I just do it for you? That's how disgusted I am right now. Regex here :w incumbents, regex there :w traitors, cat traitors | xargs -n1 -I '{}' grep {} incumbents, regex to add li../li, and nyan~!
(Score: 2) by Kromagv0 on Friday October 23 2015, @01:17PM
And low and behold both Klobuchar and Franken voted for it. Figures Amy Klobuchar is all about bigger nanny state government with broad support from both parties it is a pretty non controversial position to take.
T-Shirts and bumper stickers [zazzle.com] to offend someone
(Score: 2) by Zz9zZ on Thursday October 22 2015, @08:01PM
I'm hoping that the last few years of revelations have inspired a little more caution. Feinstein has always been pro nanny / authoritarian state. Maybe a critical mass will form and some consciences will spring into being to slam the US into a sharp U-turn to its ideals... Or just the leaking of their private lives will shake them up enough.
~Tilting at windmills~
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 22 2015, @09:22PM
Maybe a critical mass will form and some consciences will spring into being to slam the US into a sharp U-turn to its ideals...
It's adorable that you think this. I bet you're soft and cuddly!
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Friday October 23 2015, @06:03PM
While a reasonable dig at Feinstein this is something that will have broad appeal to both parties.
Yeah, unfortunately they are very willing to cross the aisle on this issue. Where's the partisan politics when you need them?
Proponents CISA include the bill's main cosponsors, senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Richard Burr (R-NC).[8]
The sliver lining:
Some senators have announced opposition to CISA, including Ron Wyden (D-OR), Rand Paul (R-KY), and Bernie Sanders (I-VT).[18]