Privacy-destroying Internet bill (CISPA) goes to vote this Monday, without massive resistance, it's
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[QUOTE=reddit]We need to start hitting our Reps in Congress directly.
[url]http://www.contactingthecongress.org/[/url]
Other lines of Action:
Superdopamine: TIME TO MIGRATE FROM FACEBOOK.
Permanently Delete Facebook
lordxakio: Due to popular demand - I'm closing my FB posters (PSD included)
If you dont like Google+ check out [url]https://diasp.org/[/url]
ACLU: Tell Congress: No Cyber Spying! No CISPA!
EFF: Tweet at your Representatives in Congress
Protest CISPA: We will Print & Ship Postcards with your message to Congress
Avaaz Petition to Congress to kill CISPA. Currently on 651,000 signatures
EFF: Don’t Let Congress Use "Cybersecurity" Fears to Trample on Civil Liberties
Tell Facebook: Withdraw Your Support For CISPA | Demand Progress
CISPA Is The New SOPA: Help Kill It
Avaaz Petition: To Facebook, Microsoft and IBM - immediately drop your support for the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA)
@YourAnonNews Come Together to stop CISPA![/QUOTE]
Let's get cracking, I already sent this letter to my rep, copy and paste as needed:
[QUOTE]
The bill (CISPA), due to be voted on this Monday (4/23/12) will fundamentally destroy the internet as we know it, and it further removes important freedoms involving privacy from millions of American citizens.
Nobody voted for you so you could vote "yes" on terrifying new laws such as this. Please vote NO on CISPA.
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Fuck. I've known about this, but why hasn't this raised a bigger shitstorm? People, get over your hate of Reddit and other sites for long enough to attract some attention over it. You might not like them, but there's at least a lot of them.
[QUOTE=Reds;35646166]Fuck. I've known about this, but why hasn't this raised a bigger shitstorm? People, get over your hate of Reddit and other sites for long enough to attract some attention over it. You might not like them, but there's at least a lot of them.[/QUOTE]
It's because they're still busy patting ourselves on the back from the last bill that tried to pass
but 4chan/reddit just launched this campaign so I'm just spreading the word
-At this point, it's best just to snip these. Sorry for the ignorance, though.-
[QUOTE=Blooper Reel;35646181]I'm pretty sure CISPA isn't THAT "privacy and internet destroying", from what I've heard in the last few news threads.
Granted, it's a load of bull, but don't go all Chicken Little over it.[/QUOTE]
Better to make sure that any attempts are blocked, rather than let them think they can pass whatever they want.
[QUOTE=Blooper Reel;35646181]I'm pretty sure CISPA isn't THAT "privacy and internet destroying", from what I've heard in the last few news threads.
Granted, it's a load of bull, but don't go all Chicken Little over it.[/QUOTE]
the ignorance.
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[QUOTE=Blooper Reel;35646238]Yeah, I can support blocking the attempts, because we can't give the guys pulling off this stuff a break. Any sort of breach on privacy, freedom etc. should be resisted.
I'm aware of what CISPA does, but there's not that much to worry about in terms of it passing. There's already a boatload of opposition against it and it'd be impossible to enforce if it passed.
Besides, I can understand the attempts at stopping certain cybercrimes that need stopping, but the issue is the terms of "theft" extends into stuff like intellectual property which is open for lots of abuse.
There's some things to worry about, but it's not the end of the world as we know it.[/QUOTE]
god forbid some people stand up for their rights and spread awareness!!! stop freaking out wow!!!!!!!
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The only way to make a fucking point to these dense politicians is if we treat it as the end of the fucking world. We NEED to overreact.
To the 'tards not getting it yet:
CISPA is MUCH FUCKING WORSE than SOPA/PIPA.
Read about the law or the law itself: the U.S. gov't will REWARD FINANCIALLY ISPs and other companies such as Facebook, Microsoft, Verizon, AT&T, etc. to leak PRIVATE, PERSONAL DATA on users "suspected" of "malicious activities", intended or not. Yes, the text IS THAT VAGUE.
The companies who decide to share shit with the U.S. gov't (for $$$) will give the gov't permission to get access to and store in their databases server logs that may contain the following: who you talked to on the net, for how long, how frequently - Email and IM servers, what sites you visited, what you clicked on those sites, what you dl'd, videos you've seen on the net, song you've listened to, financial data such as bank account numbers and credit card numbers, login data if unencrypted, your REAL NAME and ADDRESS associated with the ISP account and IPs you used, GPS locations, if accessing from cellphones - all those completely available at your ISP in the form of server log text files -, and MUCH MORE. All this with NO WARRANTS, NO PROBABLE CAUSE, NO FORMAL ACCUSATIONS and NO WARNING TO YOU. AND the additional costs will be passed on to the final consumer - YOU.
[QUOTE=Blooper Reel;35646296]I never actually implied that, I support going up against against these sort of acts but I just don't like the sensationalism that's going into it. Some people are going to have more extreme views against CISPA and while I respect those views, I do feel like they're a little over the top.[/QUOTE]
Being over the top and doing anything we can to protect our last haven of freedom which we call the internet is exactly the reaction we should have.
Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more.
Totally justified! We can't let internet cybor tarrarists destroy the sanctity of the land of the free! :downs:
[QUOTE=asdfghjkjhgfd;35646320]To the 'tards not getting it yet:
CISPA is MUCH FUCKING WORSE than SOPA/PIPA.
Read about the law or the law itself: the U.S. gov't will REWARD FINANCIALLY ISPs and other companies such as Facebook, Microsoft, Verizon, AT&T, etc. to leak PRIVATE, PERSONAL DATA on users "suspected" of "malicious activities", intended or not. Yes, the text IS THAT VAGUE.
The companies who decide to share shit with the U.S. gov't (for $$$) will give the gov't permission to get access to and store in their databases server logs that may contain the following: who you talked to on the net, for how long, how frequently - Email and IM servers, what sites you visited, what you clicked on those sites, what you dl'd, videos you've seen on the net, song you've listened to, financial data such as bank account numbers and credit card numbers, login data if unencrypted, your REAL NAME and ADDRESS associated with the ISP account and IPs you used, GPS locations, if accessing from cellphones - all those completely available at your ISP in the form of server log text files -, and MUCH MORE. All this with NO WARRANTS, NO PROBABLE CAUSE, NO FORMAL ACCUSATIONS and NO WARNING TO YOU. AND the additional costs will be passed on to the final consumer - YOU.[/QUOTE]
Is the internet so bad that they'll actually pay people for that shit?
Pretty sure they're just dumb.
[QUOTE=choco cookie;35646322]Being over the top and doing anything we can to protect our last haven of freedom which we call the internet is exactly the reaction we should have.[/QUOTE]
That's pretty fair, actually.
Alright, I understand now.
Sorry if I sounded like I didn't know what I was talking about earlier.
Why do they keep on cranking these out one after the other...? Their gesture is moot. The people don't want this, why keep pushing? >.>
Something as substantial as this should need a referendum to pass!
[QUOTE=just-a-boy;35646356]Why do they keep on cranking these out one after the other...? Their gesture is moot. The people don't want this, why keep pushing? >.>[/QUOTE]
$$$$$$$$
[QUOTE=just-a-boy;35646356]Why do they keep on cranking these out one after the other...? Their gesture is moot. The people don't want this, why keep pushing? >.>[/QUOTE]
it's because they are either in some giant corprate grab for money (The movie industry is a damn [I]joke[/I]) or actually believe it's the one and only way to stop piracy, rack up massive amounts of walls and turn the internet into the radio/tv. IMHO I think you can only stop the really bad nature piracy by not releasing insane DRM that kills the fun of buying a game, and treating it like it is, a service issue.
[QUOTE=Blooper Reel;35646344]That's pretty fair, actually.
Alright, I understand now.
Sorry if I sounded like I didn't know what I was talking about earlier.[/QUOTE]
I don't want the internet to turn into the radio, uninteresting, boring as fuck and far too censored to even care about it.
I can understand your (earlier) position, but the people supporting the bill are really old and don't know shit about the internet. Though, you get it.
[QUOTE=Blooper Reel;35646344]That's pretty fair, actually.
Alright, I understand now.
Sorry if I sounded like I didn't know what I was talking about earlier.[/QUOTE]
Its alright. Just make sure you get the message out to everyone you know.
Are we going to do [b]ANYTHING?![/b]
Message sent to my representative. Seeing as how it is expected to be passed, I don't know if people contacting their reps will do anything at this point, but we can damn well try.
This helplessness really doesn't feel democratic at all. Depressing how far things have come.
Is there anyone someone from Germany could do aside from joining the chorus?
At this point a weekend of chaos and uproar is what we need to create to change their minds. Don't give up because every person counts against this attack on our net freedom. We need to win this battle.
I'm pretty sure this allows Microsoft to add some form of backdoor to windows that they can use to 'protect their network'.
The most depressing part is that when I try to post something like this on my Facebook or whatnot, it doesn't garner much attention because most people have no idea what it is and aren't aware of how it can and WILL affect them.
We need to shove this information down people's throats. It hurts them just as much.
Just made [url=http://facepunch.com/threads/1178659]this[/url].
Oh great, police state ahoy!
There's nothing actually wrong with these things governments are trying to pass - they're essential to keeping the internet and media companies stable.
They just won't give up. Neither should we though.
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[QUOTE=AngryChairR;35646694]There's nothing actually wrong with these things governments are trying to pass - they're essential to keeping the internet and media companies stable.[/QUOTE]
Umm NO!
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