The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) passed the House yesterday, amended but barely improved. (more)
The government would be able to search information it collects under
CISPA for the purposes of investigating American citizens with complete
immunity from all privacy protections as long as they can claim someone
committed a "cybersecurity crime". Basically it says the 4th Amendment
does not apply online, at all. (more)
CISPA
would "waive every single privacy law ever enacted in the name of
cybersecurity," Rep. Jared Polis, a Colorado Democrat and onetime Web
entrepreneur, said during the debate. "Allowing the military and NSA to
spy on Americans on American soil goes against every principle this
country was founded on." (more)
