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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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Everyone hates me because I'm paranoid.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by hemocyanin on Thursday October 22 2015, @11:20PM
Voting for the same crazies, whether on Team Red or Team Blue (same league), is the cop out. It is accepting a never-ending acceleration of crony-ism, war, surveillance and overreach.
Spoken from a perspective of liberal bias.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by TheGratefulNet on Friday October 23 2015, @01:37AM
voting does not work.
the candidates are pre-chosen by the elite and so, no matter who you pick, the top rich elites will get what they want.
mostly, if you like xtian religion being shoved in your face, you vote GOP. if you don't like that, you vote Dem.
other than that, they are mostly the same. ie, both are bad for all of america.
but a 3rd party? can't ever win. 'they' wont allow it.
do I like that? NO! but I also realize that the system has been setup to only support 2 parties. to fix it is to create america 2.0 and that is NOT going to come easy/cheap/painlessly. few americans have the stomach for a revolution and nothing short of that will fix us (I truly deeply believe that.)
"It is now safe to switch off your computer."
(Score: 3, Informative) by linkdude64 on Friday October 23 2015, @06:53AM
In case you didn't know, one current candidate for President is the longest-running Independent in Congressional history.