[Jonny7]

CISPA just passed in the House
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/n...,3445226.story

[Run_to_da_hills]

Originally Posted by Jonny7

CISPA just passed in the House
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/n...,3445226.story

The ironic thing about it is that the amended version of CISPA that was quickly drafted in to help quell the tension is actually worse then the original version.

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/201...hed-vote.shtml

[Run_to_da_hills]

The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection act (CISPA) will be reintroduced before the US House next week following a spate of cyber espionage and hacking attacks. Civil liberties advocates have criticized the bill for violating privacy laws.

The House Intelligence Committee’s Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) and ranking member Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md.) will attempt to breathe new life into CISPA on Wednesday.

The bill will be identical to the version of CISPA that passed the House last spring, but was defeated on the Senate floor in August mainly because the upper house was hammering out its own cyber security bill.

http://rt.com/usa/news/cispa-congres...oduce-act-825/

[RandolphEsq]

No one should be anonymous on the internet. People have been enjoying the freedom of relative anonymity on the internet for too long.

[Overheal]

Originally Posted by RandolphEsq

No one should be anonymous on the internet. People have been enjoying the freedom of relative anonymity on the internet for too long.

ill let you be the first to change your username to your full legal name.

[Playboy]

Originally Posted by Overheal

ill let you be the first to change your username to your full legal name.

Access to his address, phone number and surfing habits would be nice too. Who needs privacy?

[V_Moth]

Originally Posted by RandolphEsq

No one should be anonymous on the internet. People have been enjoying the freedom of relative anonymity on the internet for too long.

Assad, Ahmadinejad and the Chinese Government like this.

[SeanW]

Originally Posted by RandolphEsq

No one should be anonymous on the internet. People have been enjoying the freedom of relative anonymity on the internet for too long.

I was going to try to respond to this with mere words, but ... none seemed to adequately express the FAIL like this:

[Run_to_da_hills]

Originally Posted by Overheal

ill let you be the first to change your username to your full legal name.

And then link it to his Facebook - GMail - UTube - Flikr accounts and what ever else.

[ninja900]

Originally Posted by RandolphEsq

No one should be anonymous on the internet. People have been enjoying the freedom of relative anonymity on the internet for too long.

I demand your PPSN.

[NiallSparky]

Originally Posted by RandolphEsq

No one should be anonymous on the internet. People have been enjoying the freedom of relative anonymity on the internet for too long.

Why stop at the internet? People have enjoyed the freedom on relative anonymity in public for too long. Everyone should have to wear name tags.

[RandolphEsq]

It's an accountability issue really. The internet is so entrenched in our lives these days that lines get blurred between offline and online actions and interactions. The scales pits need to keep law and order against personal freedom and avoiding of a nanny state. Issues such as online bullying, copyright theft and pedophilia are crimes that can be extremely difficult to prosecute for due to the nature of the internet. If people realise that their internet persona is an extension of their physical, offline person then they may think twice about committing certain crimes. This justifies the legislation.

[G Power]

Originally Posted by NiallSparky

Why stop at the internet? People have enjoyed the freedom on relative anonymity in public for too long. Everyone should have to wear name tags.

feic that for a solution, rfid's in our cornflakes please

[ninja900]

Originally Posted by RandolphEsq

It's an accountability issue really. The internet is so entrenched in our lives these days that lines get blurred between offline and online actions and interactions. The scales pits need to keep law and order against personal freedom and avoiding of a nanny state. Issues such as online bullying, copyright theft and pedophilia are crimes that can be extremely difficult to prosecute for due to the nature of the internet. If people realise that their internet persona is an extension of their physical, offline person then they may think twice about committing certain crimes. This justifies the legislation.

Really?
Everything you do on the internet leaves a trail of evidence. It's much easier to detect and prosecute the sharing of child abuse images on the internet than it would be, say, by post.
It's simply a question of priorities and resources. Copyright is in any case a civil matter. I note you don't post under your real name BTW but even if you did, if your real name is one among millions on the internet you can use it and still be effectively anonymous. If your name is near-unique on Google a real-name policy has far greater implications for you.
Whistleblowing is impossible without anonymity - Watergate would have remained a secret. You are proposing the introduction of something close to a police state for very dubious actual benefit.

[RandolphEsq]

Originally Posted by ninja900

Really?
Everything you do on the internet leaves a trail of evidence. It's much easier to detect and prosecute the sharing of child abuse images on the internet than it would be, say, by post.
It's simply a question of priorities and resources. Copyright is in any case a civil matter. I note you don't post under your real name BTW but even if you did, if your real name is one among millions on the internet you can use it and still be effectively anonymous. If your name is near-unique on Google a real-name policy has far greater implications for you.
Whistleblowing is impossible without anonymity - Watergate would have remained a secret. You are proposing the introduction of something close to a police state for very dubious actual benefit.

Well to be honest I do not trust our legislators so would violently oppose any bill by them to regulate the internet, that is not a joke. If Ireland imposed a regulation bill upon us I would destroy the lives of the instigators. But that does not mean such an Act is not required. I, moreso than most, relish the anonymity to do and threat as I please on the internet.