U.S. employees set to be forced to give bosses their Facebook PASSWORDS

[Lovebears65]

CISPA: Amendment to US cyber attack law banning employers from asking for Facebook passwords is blocked | Mail Online

Once again our liberties are being infringed upon

 

[ba1614]

I'm pretty sure I'd punch whoever demanded it in the face before walking out.

 

[ClosedCaption]

Pro-CISPA Companies Out-Lobby Anti-CISPA Groups

Supporters of the controversial cyber-security legislation CISPA have already spent $605 million to lobby for the bill's passage, according to a watchdog group.

That's the amount supporters of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) spent from 2011 to the fall of 2012, according to non-partisan research group MapLight. While the bill languished last summer, CISPA was re-introduced in nearly the same form this February and resoundingly passed the House of Representatives in a 288-127 vote last week.

According to MapLight's figures, AT&T has already spent $34 million, Comcast nearly $32 million, and Verizon over $27 million as part of its lobbying efforts. These three companies are on the record supporting CISPA. Interest groups supporting CISPA have donated nearly $68 million to members of the House, compared to $4 million by CISPA opponents. Among the key tech companies actively opposing the bill, Mozilla has contributed $2,000, according to MapLight.

money in politics is a good thing?

 

[Mad Scientist]

That's America!

That's Freedom!

Wave that Flag!

 

[Sallow]

Pro-CISPA Companies Out-Lobby Anti-CISPA Groups

Supporters of the controversial cyber-security legislation CISPA have already spent $605 million to lobby for the bill's passage, according to a watchdog group.

That's the amount supporters of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) spent from 2011 to the fall of 2012, according to non-partisan research group MapLight. While the bill languished last summer, CISPA was re-introduced in nearly the same form this February and resoundingly passed the House of Representatives in a 288-127 vote last week.

According to MapLight's figures, AT&T has already spent $34 million, Comcast nearly $32 million, and Verizon over $27 million as part of its lobbying efforts. These three companies are on the record supporting CISPA. Interest groups supporting CISPA have donated nearly $68 million to members of the House, compared to $4 million by CISPA opponents. Among the key tech companies actively opposing the bill, Mozilla has contributed $2,000, according to MapLight.

money in politics is a good thing?

Just incredible.

Hopefully this gets shitcaned quickly.

 

[Seawytch]

CISPA: Amendment to US cyber attack law banning employers from asking for Facebook passwords is blocked | Mail Online

Once again our liberties are being infringed upon

A last-minute amendment to the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act — known as CISPA — banning such a practice was blocked by members of the U.S. House of Representatives, despite the passage of the broad cybersecurity bill overall.

The provision, proposed by Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-Co.), was voted down 224-189, with Republicans constituting the majority.

 

[ClosedCaption]

The money is spent...the writing is on the wall...******* yea lobbiest! /sarcasm

CISPA proponents argue that legal immunity was necessary to encourage companies to freely share data. The bill's main sponsors, Reps. Mike Rogers (R-Mich) and Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md) have noted that technology companies, or "those in the business of prosperity on the Internet," support the bill. Supporters include IBM, Intel and AT&T.

In fact, nearly 200 senior IBM executives flew to Washington, DC earlier this month to press for CISPA's passage. Immediately after the IBM visit, the number of CISPA's cosponsors jumped from two (Rogers and Ruppersberger) to 36, Donny Shaw, a political writer with MapLight, wrote on the group's site.

"New co-sponsors have received 38 times as much money ($7,626,081) from interests supporting CISPA than from interests opposing ($200,362)," Shaw wrote.

See companies have the right to be heard and they have the right to our rights...if they can pay up.

 

[Seawytch]

The thing about promoting security on the Internet is that it, ostensibly, is about protecting individuals from identity theft. Sure, there are other possible harms, such as lost commerce, but the threat of stolen personal information is the primary concern of most folks.

So allowing employers to require their employees to hand over social media passwords would seem, to a reasonable observer, to be the exact opposite of a policy that promotes cybersecurity.

But in the wacky world of the House of Representatives, the majority rejected a proposal that would have barred middle managers from impersonating employees online. Because….


Well, because protecting individuals is hardly the goal of this legislation.

http://abovethelaw.com/2013/04/cybe...-seize-employee-facebook-passwords-wait-what/

 

[High_Gravity]

I thought we've been through this already?

 

[Seawytch]

Hey RWers... My liberal reps voted against this shit...how 'bout your rep?

 

[Sallow]

CISPA: Amendment to US cyber attack law banning employers from asking for Facebook passwords is blocked | Mail Online

Once again our liberties are being infringed upon

CISPA, a controversial bill that aims to boost cybersecurity by removing legal barriers that prevent tech companies and the government from sharing sensitive information about web users, sailed through the House last week, despite strong opposition from privacy groups and President Barack Obama, who is threatening to veto the current version of the bill. Early last year, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA), two online copyright enforcement bills, spurred widespread blackouts involving more than 7,000 websites and tech giants, including Wikipedia and Google, yet the biggest websites willing to take a public stand against CISPA merely include various subsections of Reddit and a Facebook page for the Libertarian party.
Anonymous and Libertarians Protest CISPA; Tech Giants Don't Give a Damn | Mother Jones

Lets hope he sticks to his guns.

 

[Sallow]

I thought we've been through this already?

Don't ya just love "Citizen's United"?

 

[ClosedCaption]

I thought we've been through this already?

Don't ya just love "Citizen's United"?

It's waaay Cool...Fascism is the new America

 

[Yurt]

I thought we've been through this already?

Don't ya just love "Citizen's United"?

what does that have to do with this?

 

[nitroz]

LOL

1. It's ALLREADY illegal for your employer to ask for your social media info.
2. CISPA would have thrown any liberties and rights that you had out the window faster than any law that has been proposed/passed before. Hell, it's even worse than police state communist countries that run on censorship, or like islamic states who can do what ever the hell they please with you.

 

[bodecea]

Hey RWers... My liberal reps voted against this shit...how 'bout your rep?

Our Rep Duncan Hunter (R) and Daryl Issa (R), next district, voted FOR it.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

The solution is very simple. If an employer asks you for this information as a condition of employment then don't work for them.

 

[nitroz]

The solution is very simple. If an employer asks you for this information as a condition of employment then don't work for them.

It's already illegal for them to ask in the first place.

 

[LoudMcCloud]

Lol. It's not illegal is the government is behind it.

 

[ClosedCaption]

The solution is very simple. If an employer asks you for this information as a condition of employment then don't work for them.

and if you're already working there? Just retire? Move?

Really simple solutions from your couch