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by meric 4842 days ago
He isn't saying CISPA should be opposed, but rather, additional specific legislation to protect individual's data from being retrieved by the government without due process.
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But that is already unlawful.
I think the recent thread about how people can be compelled to keep searches and confiscations secret makes my point sufficiently clear. I think by "due process" you mean "according the law". By "due process", I mean in a very fair, transparent, limited and well-defined way.

edit: Specifically, this is a precedent that is a big step in the right direction for this kind of thing, IMO: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5382891

I was pointing out a misunderstanding of what he was saying.