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[IarrthoirFirinne]

Just another excuse for the government to control us, you can thank yoshi in china for that thanks for constantly hacking on the government website's....America why don't you just educate people on how to defend against hackers ffs instead of trying to control every aspect of our lives....bunch of paranoid pansy not wonder why china is out smarting us we to worried about getting hack while doing faster and better then any others.....

[CISPAEqualsFRAUD]

THE WORLD OF CYBER MAKE BELIEVE TO SUPPORT GOVERNMENT CONTROL.

You congress are idiots. I work for central power station and not one stupid thing you are saying is true. We DO NOT have any computer that run any of are nuclear facilities. They are maunaly operated and the contols are in concealed environments. Are office's are off site.

How careless do you think we are?

What next congress, tell everyone you can build an a-bomb online?

Did you dumb congress people even go to school. We are f*ckin tied of hear you dumb mouth talking technology you know sh*t about!

You have not even given an ACTUAL ATTACK SITUATION or any threat whatever the hell your broad CISPA bill means, other than deem anybody a threat for their private data to be made open?

Put some real FACT in your stupid big mouths, instead of the B.S. CYBER HOCUS POCUS coming out of it.

[oldschoolh4ck3r]

We HAVE a foreign government running our country. They see We The People as the terrorists, and make us fear a non-existent enemy so we give in to their schemes to 'protect' us.

[wwalker]

You ask if the government might start to collect and aggregate data... Just look at the "top secret" internet monitoring center being built in Utah. There's no question that the government is gearing up to monitor everything it can get its hands on.

[JimH443]

"If legislators perk up when a few dozen phone calls come into their offices, imagine the effect of hundreds or thousands of Twitter interactions on the matter."

I have called my representatives. They are masters of lip service. They know what we want to hear, and are willing to say it - no matter what their true stance on an issue is.

Trust me, it's not the number of calls or tweets they receive that matters... it's the power and influence of the person on the other end that does. One phone call from the head of a super PAC has far more influence than a million tweets from the constituency. The elected officials know that the electorate has a VERY short term memory... and even that can be undone with an advertising sweep.

[JimH443]

VikramDhiman, on 30 April 2012 - 05:25 AM, said:

In fact the third world war may be fought in the cyber world.

Our government does not have the authority to pass any law that will protect the entire world. Nor does it even have the authority to pass any law that will protect the U.S. FROM the rest of the world (short of closing down international access to the internet - as China is considering). All it can do is pass laws that apply to entities that exist within our borders.

[sandkicker]

I noted where one of the posters stated that MicroSoft has recently pulled support for CISPA, but is also worrisome is that Symantec/Norton Security products also supports Cispa (so much for security).

Part of the issue with CISPA, after reading the Bill, it's amendments and the way it's tied to a 1947 Act, it rely's on passing the Bill, and after the affect Homeland security writing disclosure procedures. Makes on more than a little curious.

[ronin7752]

Interesting that the entrpreneur who heavily invests in cybersnooping admits “We take pride for the most part [emphasis mine] in doing the best job we can to use the data responsibly and give consumers value around that,”

In other words, he admits they currently aren't even doing a "good job" protecting that same personal data from being used to exploit end users... just "...the best we can..."

(Nevertheless, I still oppose CISPA.)

I have no doubt that the IT industry will do more damage to personal privacy than the government ever will. In fact, they already are.