Mozilla, Microsoft Not Happy With CISPA

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1. Shane Bundy says:

   May 2, 2012 at 1:05 pm

   I’m sure Apple are in support of CISPA.

2. Hector Macias Ayala says:

   May 2, 2012 at 9:42 pm

   “Other web browser makers, such as: Opera Software, Maxthon, Google and Apple remain silent.”

   COWARDS!!

3. Stylishapurv says:

   May 3, 2012 at 2:08 pm

   Quite right…. brave to raise the rightful voice 

4. Rwolf says:

   May 3, 2012 at 2:53 pm

    CISPA Legislation, Will Escalate Government Asset Forfeiture.

   CISPA the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act if signed
   into law will allow——the military and NSA warrant-less spying on
   Americans’ confidential electronic Communications; any transmitted
   private information circumventing the fourth amendment. CISPA will allow
   any self-protected cyber entity to share with the Feds any person’s
   private information that might allegedly relate to a cyber threat or
   crime. Considering the U.S. Government’s current business relationship
   with telephone and Internet companies, it should be expected the feds
   would use CISPA to gain unprecedented access to lawful Americans’
   private electronic communications. Almost every week news media reports
   corrupt police arrested for selling drugs, taking bribes and perjury. It
   is foreseeable that broad provisions in CISPA that call for private
   businesses’ cyber entities to share among themselves and with Spy
   Agencies confidential information will open the door for corrupt
   government, police and entity employees to sell a corporations’
   confidential information to its competitors, foreign government and
   others. CISPA provides insufficient safeguards to control disposition of
   (shared) confidential corporate and client entity information,
   including confidential information shared by spy agencies with private
   and government entities derived from spying on Americans.  

   Ironically Government can use CISPA to (covertly certify employees)
   of a Government approved certified cyber self-protected entity—to spy on
   their certified employer; and clients with full immunity from lawsuits
   if done in good faith. U.S. Government is not prohibited from paying a
   Government Certified self protected cyber entity or their employee
   “Asset Forfeiture commissions” that result from providing Government a
   corporation’s confidential and private client information—that otherwise
   would require a warrant.  The recent House Passed Cyber
   Security Bill overrides the Fourth Amendment. Government may use against
   Americans in Criminal, Civil and Administrative courts (any
   information) derived from CISPA warrant-less Internet spying.

   CISPA will open the door for U.S. Government spy agencies such as
   NSA; the FBI; government asset forfeiture contractors, any private
   entity (to take out of context) any innocent—hastily written email, fax
   or phone call to allege a crime or violation was committed to cause a
   person’s arrest, assess fines and or civilly forfeit a business or
   property. There are more than 350 laws and violations that can subject
   property to government asset forfeiture. Government civil asset
   forfeiture requires only a civil preponderance of evidence for police to
   forfeit property, little more than hearsay.

   CISPA (warrant-less electronic surveillance) will enable the U.S.
   Justice Department to bypass the Fourth Amendment, use information
   extracted from CISPA electronic surveillance) of Americans’ Web Server
   Records, Internet Activity, transmitted emails, faxes, and phone calls
   to issue subpoenas in hopes of finding evidence or to prosecute Citizens
   for any alleged crime or violation. If the current CISPA is signed into
   law it is problematic federal, state and local law enforcement agencies
   and private government contractors will want access to prior Bush II
   NSA and other government illegally obtained electronic records to secure
   evidence to arrest Americans; civilly forfeit their homes, businesses
   and other assets under Title 18USC and other laws. Of obvious concern,
   what happens to fair justice in America if police become dependent on
   “Asset Forfeiture” to help pay their salaries and budget operating
   costs?

   Note: the passed “Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000”
   (effectively eliminated) the “five year statue of limitations” for
   Government Civil Asset Forfeiture of property: the statute now runs five
   years (from the date) police allege they “learned” an asset became
   subject to forfeiture. If CISPA takes affect, allows (no warrant)
   electronic government surveillance of Americans, it is expected CISPA
   will be used by government not only to thwart cyber threats, but to
   aggressively prosecute Americans and businesses for any alleged crime:
   U.S. Government spy and police agencies; quasi government contractors
   for profit, will relentlessly sift through Citizen and businesses’
   (government retained Internet data), emails and phone communications) to
   discover possible crimes or civil violations. A corrupt U.S.
   Government Administration too easily use CISPA no-warrant-seized emails,
   faxes, Internet data and phone call information) to target, blackmail
   and extort its political opposition; target any Citizen, corporation and
   others in the manner Hitler used his Nazi passed legislation that
   permitted no-warrant Nazi police searches and seizure of Citizens and
   businesses or to extort support for the Nazi fascist government. Hitler
   Nazi Laws made it possible for the Nazis to strong-arm German parliament
   to pass Hitler’s 1933 Discriminatory Decrees that suspended the
   Constitutional Freedoms of German Citizens. History shows how that
   turned out.

   CISPA warrant-less electronic surveillance) has the potential of turning America into a Fascist Police State.