On Thursday, Joseph Lieberman introduced the Cybersecurity Act of 2012 (S. 3414) – a replacement for the failed Cybersecurity Act of 2012 (S. 2150). The Electronic Frontier Foundation has this to say about the new legislation:
“Currently, the bill specifically authorizes companies to use cybsersecurity as an excuse for engaging in nearly unlimited monitoring of user data or countermeasures (like blocking or dropping packets). We’ve argued that this language is overly broad and could be interpreted by an overzealous ISP to let them block privacy-protective technologies like Tor. When the bill goes to the floor next week, we’re going to be throwing our weight behind amendments to address these ongoing flaws.”
Catch that mention of Tor? It’s worth checking out. Tor is a piece of software that allows people to browse the Internet with relative anonymity, protected from efforts to track online activity. You can download Tor and install it for free.
After listening to this talk by Chris Hedges, what do you think will happen with this bill?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EluKSpxqlZ0&feature=player_embedded#!
When your democracy is cut off at the knees by the corporate sector, with no allegience to any country, there is no longer any defense the people can muster that corrupt officials cannot be bought off from. America is a dying empire and is undergoing collapse by hollowing out the center. The globe is under the same attack and that’s why the environment is being destroyed – for corporate profit.
Looks like there was at least one warning (as with 911) concerning the recent movie theater shooting, but it was not spread though the media (probably because it wouldn’t be good for business).
http://www.youtube.com/user/dutchsinse
Update: Today, the U.S. Senate voted to move S. 3414 forward to consideration on the full floor of the U.S. Senate. There are 47 proposed amendments to the bill, from both sides of the aisle.