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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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Croll's Query:
If tin whistles are made of tin, what are foghorns made of?
(Score: 2) by Hyperturtle on Friday October 23 2015, @12:12AM
I mentioned earlier that one can be secure and one can be secured.
If you are not feeling very secure, then perhaps you are the product that is being secured.
(Score: 2) by The Archon V2.0 on Friday October 23 2015, @01:56PM
> If you are not feeling very secure, then perhaps you are the product that is being secured.
That doesn't entirely work, though. If I convince you that vampire cows are overrunning the nation and then sell you stakes made out of farm fenceposts and blessed by St. Francis of Assisi, I have made you feel more secure without making you into a product being secured. And that is the level of a LOT of security cons out there.
Fact is, the intuitive feeling of security and the state of security are almost wholly disconnected from one another. I don't think there's a good rule of thumb for it; just use the old standards of due diligence and caveat emptor whenever someone tries to sell you something, be it a new product OR a new law.
(Score: 3, Funny) by Hyperturtle on Friday October 23 2015, @08:51PM
Oh I agree with that. My feeling isn't necessarily a reflection of the true reality of the situation.
Ignorance is bliss!
Do you think I could get steaks made of the vampire cows impaled by the stakes blessed by St. Francis of Assisi? Is vampirism passed between species? What if I become enslaved to a mad cow? Well, there's only one way to find out..