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subego
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Apr 21, 2012, 09:13 PM
 
Do you think Congress realizes the Internet shot its wad on SOPA and PIPA? They seem oddly willing to play ball.
     
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Apr 22, 2012, 11:27 PM
 
Oddly? There's a lot of lobbyists pushing them along.
     
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Apr 23, 2012, 07:03 AM
 
There were lobbyists pushing against SOPA and PIPA, and congress called them big fat pirate whiners.

Right up until they realized actual voters seemed to care and they folded like a house of cards.
     
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Apr 27, 2012, 10:10 AM
 
Someone clued them in. They just rushed it through the House, it passed, and has this added "limiting provision":

Quayle (AZ), Eshoo (CA), Thompson, Mike (CA), Broun (GA): Would limit government use of shared cyber threat information to only 5 purposes: 1) cybersecurity; 2) investigation and prosecution of cybersecurity crimes; 3) protection of individuals from the danger of death or physical injury; 4) protection of minors from physical or psychological harm; and 5) protection of the national security of the United States. (10 minutes)
Which I'll note is far less limiting than the original bill.
     
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Apr 27, 2012, 10:34 AM
 
Originally Posted by subego View Post
Right up until they realized actual voters seemed to care and they folded like a house of cards.
It wasn't voters Congress has bowed to, but pressure from the Internet Economy (Google et al) which was big enough to kill the bills. If al that happened was an outcry of »pirates and nerds«, I don't think anyone would have cared enough to stop SOPA/PIPA.

Regarding CISPA, I hope the President vetoes the bill.
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Apr 27, 2012, 10:41 AM
 
Google's a touch nerdy, but I get what you're saying.

Likewise, SOPA/PIPA did actually threaten the Internet itself, while this only targets the poor schmucks who feel like using the Internet.
     
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Apr 27, 2012, 10:44 AM
 
I'd start using TOR if there weren't teams of DoJ goons scanning every byte in triplicate.
     
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Apr 27, 2012, 12:32 PM
 
Originally Posted by subego View Post
Google's a touch nerdy, but I get what you're saying.
I wish I was just very cynical, but wrong about this point. However, the lack of a public outcry when it comes to CISPA makes me think my conjecture that is was other parts of the economy which killed SOPA/PIPA rather than »the people«. :/
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Likewise, SOPA/PIPA did actually threaten the Internet itself, while this only targets the poor schmucks who feel like using the Internet.
Agreed. It's despicable what kind of laws governments have in mind, and all in the name of »security«. The worst thing is that many of these »great« ideas actually get exported into other countries when crafting similar laws.
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Apr 27, 2012, 12:58 PM
 
I'm bothered by the security angle, but the protect the children part is off the reservation entirely.

That could be interpreted to mean almost anything, and has different local opinions of what constitutes it. How is the DoJ supposed to fairly adjudicate that?
     
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Apr 27, 2012, 01:36 PM
 
Protect minors from physical or pyschological harm?

So if someone tells little Timmy to jump in a lake or young Tammy she's ugly, the Feds can go all up in said person's digital rectum?

It seems like so many of these Congressmen don't even take their jobs remotely seriously. I'm surprised they didn't go the whole way by inserting the child-related root password to the Constitution in this work of genius.

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Apr 27, 2012, 02:01 PM
 
Just the language used by supporters of the bill makes me nauseous (taken from here):
Originally Posted by Mike Rogers (R-Michigan, author of the bill)
Stand for America! Support this bill!
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Apr 27, 2012, 05:02 PM
 
Originally Posted by OreoCookie View Post
Just the language used by supporters of the bill makes me nauseous nauseated (taken from here):
Fixed.
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Apr 28, 2012, 11:40 AM
 
Originally Posted by subego View Post
I'm bothered by the security angle, but the protect the children part is off the reservation entirely.

That could be interpreted to mean almost anything, and has different local opinions of what constitutes it. How is the DoJ supposed to fairly adjudicate that?
That's exactly what I thought. The first bits while bothersome, at least express some goal or specificity whereas the provision for protecting children psychologically is way too broad. Is this some measure against cyber-bullying? Like you said, this could encompass literally anything.
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Apr 29, 2012, 01:51 PM
 
I read in passing there are four other cybersecurity bills floating around.

I'm honestly so fatigued by this I can't even be bothered to look it up and post a cite.
     
   
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