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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: An4ximandros on April 22, 2013, 11:29:04 pm
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/apr/18/house-representatives-cispa-cybersecurity-white-house-warning
http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/04/18/cispa-passes-in-the-house-again-but-faces-resistance-in-senate-and-white-house-again/
Kinda late but still: It passed Yank-house, again. Now let's see where it goes...
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Now let's see where it goes...
*shakes magic 8 ball* This will go nowhere for now. If it is going to be passed (especially in its current 'Wot is 4th amendment?' form), it will be after next fall's election.
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Already veto-threated.
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In the past, the president has signed things he has threatened to veto. :sigh:
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or that "signing statement" bull****.
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The Senate seems to not give two ****s about this bill, though, and it needs their approval too before it gets anywhere near the President.
I think, for the time being anyway, the bill is stuck. The Senate hasn't even begun debating on it, and they seemingly have no plans to anytime soon.
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Seems familiar to something which came up here in the Netherlands many years ago. Here they wanted that going on the internet required you to verify with a person internet number/code. Then if there were suspicious or illegal websites, they hoped to be able to simply see which codes visited such a site to and confront that person. Thentime it was still considered impossible to do over here, as there were various ways to impersonate someone else, circumvent such a system, etc. That was about a decade ago by now I think, and mostly because of a surge in cp scandals and (back then still a new phenomnon of) phishing, not because of hacking. This sounds similar though, but more radical, and more vulnerable to abuse.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/25/cispa-cyber-bill_n_3158221.html
Senate won't be voting on it, looks like that's the last of it. For now.