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Through TNW, we learn of a survey published by threat protection company Bit9 that states an attack by Anonymous is the number one thing IT security professionals fear. Doubtless the release of this survey was timed to coincide with CISPA, the dangerous cybersecurity bill that is being debated in the House this week. It’s no surprise that a security provider would want to play up the fear of cyber attack, but I’m reminded of a quote from comedian Dara O’Briain: “Zombies are at an all time low level, but the fear of zombies could be incredibly high. It doesn’t mean we have to have government policies to deal with the fear of zombies.”

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CISPA (the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act) is something that opponents of SOPA, PIPA, and ACTA should be paying attention to. While the goal of the bill purports to be about “cybersecurity,” the bill contains vague language that allows companies to spy on Internet users and collect and share this data with third-party companies or Government agencies. The loophole for companies is that they can simply say that violating users’ privacy rights were necessary to protect against cybersecurity threats, to gain immunity from civil and criminal liabilities.

Legal experts have warned that the next phase of anti-copyright bills is to use important issues as cover. While CISPA is not anything like SOPA or other bills hated by most everyone on the Internet, it does seem to directly target individual Internet subscribers who might also be copyright infringers.

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bitshare:

The entertainment industry are some sneaky bastards - yeah, I am looking at you RIAA. So, remember the whole SOPA thing where we came together as one Internet to stop the evils of Hollywood bribing lawmakers to track our online activities and shut down sites like Tumblr, Reddit and YouTube?

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All that work fighting SOPA…and we still end up with this crap!

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