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Problems sharing information due to existing federal laws and the liability shield, to me, are unrelated. And what is the point of existing laws if they're just
by ahallock 14y ago
Problems sharing information due to existing federal laws and the liability shield, to me, are unrelated. And what is the point of existing laws if they're just going to create another layer of laws to bypass them? Who's going to oversee this network of cyber security entities? The State? I just don't see much accountability in that. Maybe if there were independent, non-state third parties reporting to consumers and providing transparency.
- tptacek 14y agoThis is in my opinion a totally reasonable criticism of CISPA. Taking the opposing position, I might argue: (a) Our total ineffectiveness at responding to current network security attacks is such a pressing issue that a legislative "patch" makes sense, rather than spending time litigating fiddly changes to tens of existing statutes. (b) It might not be to our benefit to relitigate the protections of those existing privacy bills; the result might be a weakening of existing privacy protections. Creating a common-sense exception that says "you can share malware or DDOS netflow traces no matter what kind of company you are" might leave our civil liberties safer in the long run.