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Four main points in the veto threat: 1. Protect user privacy, separate intra-government sharing from government/private sharing (troubling because data shared
by HistoryInAction 14y ago
Four main points in the veto threat:
1. Protect user privacy, separate intra-government sharing from government/private sharing (troubling because data shared with DHS could possible be shared with NSA or FBI then, even if the company doesn't intend for that data to go to those agencies)
2. More oversight/liability for inappropriate use of these proposed powers; data sharing should not be used to help incumbents crush startups
3. Liability waivers to encourage information sharing go way too far, protects bad behavior
4. Internet is civilian, but bill treats it as military re: intelligence, which is bad
- tptacek 14y agoYou're kidding yourself if you think privacy is a top-of-mind issue for the Administration. They're pushing back on CISPA --- as they have been since last year, and even longer if you understand the idea CISPA is trying to express --- because their agenda is to enact government controls on the security of "critical information systems". CISPA is the GOP's "let the industry regulate itself" response to the Obama Administration's concern about Chinese state sponsored hacking. The privacy issue here is a fig leaf; CISPA is entirely voluntary (unlike previous "cybersecurity" bills supported by the administration), and private industry already has the legal tools to feed private information to the government under the ECPA.
- HistoryInAction 14y agoWhen it comes to government, I try not to put my personal views in for just the reasons you cite. That's just my analysis of the language in the veto threat, nothing more. ECPA, though, that's another thing to research, thanks. I just want to focus on getting founders the visas they need to build great companies; I don't know anything about this open internet stuff, but I keep getting dragged into it.