CISPA, SCHMISPA

Throughout the U.S. Government there have been any iterations of the same bill and sentiment, online privacy. Recently two controversial bills; SOPA & PIPA have been debated and not passed due to public outcry and backlash.

Now we have CISPA, this the younger (watered down) sibling of SOPA & PIPA. CISPA no longer penalizes files sharing or holds copyright-infringers accountable for pilfered property. Although this Act does authorize the private sector to share information with the Federal Government, if you are suspected of any cyber crime.

I believe in the freedom of the Internet and I completely believe that something has to be done to safeguard private information in the public-age. Should this bill kill online file sharing? NO (I don't think that it would be a bad idea). Does this bill need to protect personal information and public infrastructure from improper use? YES! Does the public need to be more sensible with the information we published on the Internet? YES!