[zotz]

If one is a fan of the National Security State, this is a great bill. For the rest of us, not so much.

https://www.cdt.org/blogs/greg-nojeim/112cyber-intelligence-... :

- The bill has a very broad, almost unlimited definition of the information that can be shared with government agencies notwithstanding privacy and other laws;

- The bill is likely to lead to expansion of the government’s role in the monitoring of private communications as a result of this sharing;

- It is likely to shift control of government cybersecurity efforts from civilian agencies to the military;

- Once the information is shared with the government, it wouldn’t have to be used for cybersecurity, but could instead be used for any purpose that is not specifically prohibited.

[tptacek]

What information that service providers and app providers are currently not authorized to share under the 1986 ECPA would become lawful to share under this act?

[zotz]

The vagueness of this bill IS the problem. Vagueness in the law makes for really bad laws.

Give me one reason I should support this bill.

[tptacek]

I don't support it (I think it's a NOP designed solely to gain attention for its sponsors), so I certainly won't be offering you any such arguments.

Where I take exception is with efforts to stir up hysteria about it.

[zotz]

Valid concern ≠ hysteria.

[tptacek]

Sure, that's true. But not all the concerns regarding CISPA are valid.

[zotz]

Which ones?