Why CISPA?
Claude Nougat
The central issue, as I see it, is this: does CISPA contain enough safeguards and limits on how and when the government may monitor a private individual’s Internet browsing information? Now, depending on your political coloring, you may think it does or you may think it does not. Liberals tend to see it as something dangerous for personal privacy and freedom. The internet industry, from Microsoft to Apple, adopt a more practical approach and see it as something useful to alert the US government about internet threats and cyber attacks.
Who’s right? To be honest, I’m not sure. It would require a detailed analysis of the law. It’s probably safe to say that the stalling in adopting the law is a healthy one, it gives more time to reconsider and ponder the question. How it will ultimately work out is difficult to say, but given te strong corporate lobbies in Washington, I wouldn’t be at all surprised if the final CISPA that gets promulgated into law will be of the kind that Microsoft and Apple will like…”
