They're at it again...

Remind me what the definition of insanity is? Isn't it doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results?

I guess that makes our legislatures incredibly insane (as if we didn't know that already).

So here we have the latest incarnate of ACTA, CISPA. From the article:

H.R. 3523, a piece of legislation dubbed the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (or CISPA for short), has been created under the guise of being a necessary implement in America’s war against cyberattacks. But the vague verbiage contained within the pages of the paper could allow Congress to circumvent existing exemptions to online privacy laws and essentially monitor, censor and stop any online communication that it considers disruptive to the government or private parties. Critics have already come after CISPA for the capabilities that it will give to seemingly any federal entity that claims it is threatened by online interactions, but unlike the Stop Online Privacy Act and the Protect IP Acts that were discarded on the Capitol Building floor after incredibly successful online campaigns to crush them, widespread recognition of what the latest would-be law will do has yet to surface to the same degree. 

 Essentially, this bill will allow the government as well as companies to refile through any data you've ever sent, that means every email, every forum post or Facebook, every tweet is theirs to do what they want with it--and no, they don't have to inform you about taking your information.  

George Orwell called, he wants his Big Brother back.

So what should you do? Obviously protest. Over at EFF, you can fill out a form that will email your state representatives about this. Also, spread the word. The more people who know about this, the more likely we can stomp this bill into the ground just like what we did with SOPA (ACTA may not be quite dead yet).

Something cute to offset the DOOM message

First SOPA/PIPA, now ACTA

The fight against government/entertainment industry intrusion on the internet never ends. This time, our friends across the pond and other parts of the world are at risk. To the right I have nifty little gadget that let's you send an email to representatives. There's going to be protests, too. So if you're free Saturday, February 11th, and feel like yelling at your government, there's a map here to find a local protest.

And coming soon...the police state. (Clone army? Try drone army.) 

Stop SOPA/PIPA

When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.  -- Thomas Jefferson

Yes, defcon is getting political, and for damn good reason. I'm sick of the American government constantly imposing on our rights as citizens. You can't even take an airplane without being physically violated. 

The newest threat is our freedom of speech over the internet. Yes, the government wants to regulate the internet, telling us what we can and cannot do over the internet. Watch this video, it explains it so much better than I can.  

So on Jan. 18th, the internet is going on strike! You may have already noticed some changes, sites are going to blackout in protest of this bill. 

But it doesn't stop there.

You can visit this site, and I strongly urge you to, and write to your congressman (it's an automated email to them, but it's the message that matters). If you don't want to be censored, then make sure you say so! Because the internet is meant for everyone, not for the government, and definitely not for the entertainment industry.