House Passes CISPA

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The cowards in the US house have passed CISPA.

Here is some background info--link

Thanks for the heads-up.

Now, what do you intend to do about it?

Setting up an alternate internet...?

Must find a way to transmit lots of information using Ham radio...

There's also Tor, which allows for better anonymity online.

Haven't they learned by now that internet users won't stand for this crap?

Says President Obama's committed to veto. If it gets overridden anyway or he fails to, that's it for me and the web. I need to get outside more anyway. Paranoia can push anything through these days.

So, the Second Amendment is so vital that we can't even have tighter background checks to make sure we keep guns out of the hands of convicted felons, but the First Amendment doesn't count if the communications are electronic in nature?

That sucks!

I doubt this will survive challenges based on HIPAA legislation.

The House passes anything that moves.

The Senate, however, is much different.

A question doing the rounds: Did they use the situation in Boston as a distraction to pass this?

I lean towards yes, they are opportunistic politicians, and they don't really care about looking unsympathetic.

Hollywood will push this very hard, Silicon Valley will either fight back or be bought. As for the internet, well the internet will definitely react in a very loud way.

Does this mean that the US government have to allow all their electronic records to be read by anyone who wants to? Or maybe that that will happen, whether they want it to or not...