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After the widespread protests almost buried SOPA and PIPA, a new threat has risen. It is the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act or the CISPA bill for short. This time the White Hous threatened to dump the planned act if the bill remain with the same content.
The Executive Office of the US President stated the concerns yesterday. Its “strong opposition” is based on the apparent lack of privacy safeguards. This means that if the bill is approved, the Internet. Backers claim that the bill aims to improve the Internet security by collecting and sharing a wide range of data for the use of the government security agencies. The privacy defenders said that the pretext of security will make way for unseen surveillance of online activities.
