ya, you're right, let's all stick our head ....::cough:: Sorry, I still say it's an excuse for apathy.
On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 9:20 PM, Eric Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > > If they want to get to your info...they will...so no...not bullshit. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, April 27, 2012 6:11 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: With CISPA on the horizon, use WUALA for cloud storage > > > bullshit. That's just an excuse for apathy. Sorry to jump all over you but > I've heard that way too much lately. First of all, the meaning of safety and > security both depend on many factors. It makes a lot of difference whether > we're talking about tracking cookies or terrorist activity, Anon script > kiddies or freaking NSA. > > It's when you talk about cybersecurity as one big fungible mess that you get > stupidity like this bill. Chinese government hackers fall in the category of > cybersecurity, sure. Hollywood has a cybersecurity problem if their stuff is > getting posted on the web, sure, but it's a different type of cybersecurity > problem and some might say a licensing model problem. Similarly, I think the > authors of this bill see the use of Twitter by Occupy activists as a > cybersecurity problem because it involves the internet and Occupy makes them > feel insecure ;P but I submit that it's not really, until you criminalize > protest, so some might say that it's really a free speech problem ;) > > But if we throw up our hands over theis because Facebook can't seem to > understand that it should abide by its own terms of service -- which is a > cybersecurity problem for you and me imho -- then we may as well kiss the > internet goodbye. Sure, we should all take precautions anyway. But a web > service that *knows* it is being use to organize an Arab Spring has a > responsibility to put some safeguards in place also, and it's the corporate > responsibility part that is so shockingly lacking in CISPA. > > On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 11:01 AM, Eric Roberts > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Nothing on the net is safe or secure.. >> >> On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 12:47 PM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> Yeah, looks like they have some anti-piracy group called SAFE that >>> can pull the plug on sites at will, and do all kinds of surveillance. >>> >>> On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 1:43 PM, Eric Roberts < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> > >>> > Didn't the swiss also crack down on stuff like this as well? >>> > Correct me >>> if >>> > i am wrong, bu did't they alos go after Pirate Bay? >>> > >>> > On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 10:39 AM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > >>> > > >>> > > Wuala seems to be the most secure online backup solution. It >>> > > stores >>> > NOTHING >>> > > in the United States and goes to great lengths to ensure that its >>> > > staff have no access to any of your files. It's based in Switzerland. >>> > > >>> > > With CISPA about to pass in the US (we can hope it won't, but so >>> > > far >>> the >>> > > public outrage has been low compared to SOPA and ACTA), this is >>> > > worth a look. We all need to decide how much we value our >>> > > personal/business >>> data, >>> > > and whether we are ok with employees at these companies being >>> > > able to browse what we store. >>> > > >>> > > http://youtu.be/43EnCOpXD4Q >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > >>> > >>> >>> >> >> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:350379 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
