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If one is a fan of the National Security State, this is a great bill. For the rest of us, not so much. https://www.cdt.org/blogs/greg-nojeim/112cyber-intellige
by zotz 15y ago
If one is a fan of the National Security State, this is a great bill. For the rest of us, not so much.
https://www.cdt.org/blogs/greg-nojeim/112cyber-intelligence-bill-threatens-privacy-and-civilian-control https://www.cdt.org/blogs/greg-nojeim/112cyber-intelligence-... :
- The bill has a very broad, almost unlimited definition of the information that can be shared with government agencies notwithstanding privacy and other laws;
- The bill is likely to lead to expansion of the government’s role in the monitoring of private communications as a result of this sharing;
- It is likely to shift control of government cybersecurity efforts from civilian agencies to the military;
- Once the information is shared with the government, it wouldn’t have to be used for cybersecurity, but could instead be used for any purpose that is not specifically prohibited.
- tptacek 15y agoWhat information that service providers and app providers are currently not authorized to share under the 1986 ECPA would become lawful to share under this act?
- zotz 15y agoThe vagueness of this bill IS the problem. Vagueness in the law makes for really bad laws. Give me one reason I should support this bill.
- tptacek 15y agoI don't support it (I think it's a NOP designed solely to gain attention for its sponsors), so I certainly won't be offering you any such arguments. Where I take exception is with efforts to stir up hysteria about it.