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Title: The EFF are disappointed to see CISA pass senate
Post by: Bitcoininspace on October 28, 2015, 05:43:08 AM
"CISA passed the Senate today in a 74-21 vote. The bill is fundamentally flawed due to its broad immunity clauses, vague definitions, and aggressive spying authorities. The bill now moves to a conference committee despite its inability to address problems that caused recent highly publicized computer data breaches, like unencrypted files, poor computer architecture, un-updated servers, and employees (or contractors) clicking malware links. "

more on it: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/10/eff-disappointed-cisa-passes-senate


Title: Re: The EFF are disappointed to see CISA pass senate
Post by: 7788bitcoin on October 28, 2015, 07:49:09 AM
I am not sure how this will affect the use of bitcoin... Could you please elaborate more?


Title: Re: The EFF are disappointed to see CISA pass senate
Post by: christycalhoun on October 28, 2015, 09:03:28 AM
I am not sure how this will affect the use of bitcoin... Could you please elaborate more?
The government could potentially use this bill to directly/indirectly attack bitcoin related websites. but maybe they wont


Title: Re: The EFF are disappointed to see CISA pass senate
Post by: YraggarY on October 28, 2015, 09:31:28 AM
I am not sure how this will affect the use of bitcoin... Could you please elaborate more?
The government could potentially use this bill to directly/indirectly attack bitcoin related websites. but maybe they wont

Never give the government the benefit of the doubt; especially when it comes the U.S. government. :-\