All my life I heard about Big Brother. For those unfamiliar with the term, coined by George Orwell in his 1949 masterpiece, Nineteen Eighty-Four , Big Brother is the embodiment of a society fully supervised by his government . But it is not fiction; in fact, our daily activities are monitored, today, right now, either by technology self-imposed or the omnipresent Big Brother
Traditionally, document our existence went like this .: you are born, and you have a medical file and a birth. These documents follow you throughout your life, filed and considered by many. You must submit these documents to be admitted to a school, to be hired, or issue insurance. You get a Social Security number shortly after birth, which serves as your identity document. These nine numbers you connect to all, criminal record and financial insurance that is who you are and what you've done. Beyond that, it's just paperwork.
And now comes CISPA, a bill in the US that would allow the sharing of information on the Internet traffic between the US government and certain technology and manufacturing companies. The stated purpose of the bill, which was revived after being beaten last year in part because of widespread public protest- is to help the US government investigation of cyber threats and ensure safety networks against cyber attacks.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation opposes CISPA and called the bill "an ill-defined exception" cyber security "to the law on the existing privacy. CISPA offers broad immunities to companies that choose to share data with government agencies (including the private communications of users) in the name of cybersecurity. It also creates avenues for businesses to share data with federal agencies, including the military intelligence agencies like the National Security Agency (NSA). "
I'm for more security. But I not sure that the project CISPA bill was well thought out. the implications for this bill and the potential for abuse is frightening. what CISPA passes or not, consumer privacy is eroding on a daily basis. Whenever we connect to the Internet, your IP address is revealed. an IP address is like a social security number online that can be tracked or traced back to you. Masking the IP address using a virtual private network (VPN ) is the first step towards locking your online identity and personal information. the second is to call, write, or tweet your person Congress urging them to vote "no" to the bill.
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