CISPA Passes US House, Despite Privacy Shortcomings and Promised Veto

An anonymous reader writes with a story at the Daily Dot: "Despite the protests of Internet privacy advocates, the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) passed the House of Representatives Thursday. The vote was 288-127. ... CISPA saw a handful of minor amendments soon before passage. A representative for the EFF told the Daily Dot that while they were still analyzing the specifics, none of the actual changes to the bill addressed their core criticisms. ... But also as was the case the year before, on Tuesday the Obama administration issued a promise to veto the bill if it reaches the president’s desk without significant changes." Techdirt has a short report on the vote, too — and probably more cutting commentary soon to follow.

Could create a Gun Owners regsitry

[HaeMaker]

Since the gun background check bill died because it was believed it create a registry of gun owners (it didn't), since CISPA *CAN* create a registry of gun owners, it should be easily defeated in the Senate.

Re:Handing over our Rights

[Intrepid imaginaut]

Look on the bright side - cyberpunk is cool and now we get to live in it! Mirrorshades and mullets baby.

Re:90%

[ultranova]

Secondly, I agree with the decades old problem of "my rep is fine, yours suck."

Blaming other people for your problems might be just a bit older than that...