[LINK] Fwd: The end of Internet privacy

[Jan Whitaker]

>Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:35:10 -0400
>From: "Dalia Hashad - Avaaz.org" <avaaz at avaaz.org>
>Subject: The end of Internet privacy
>
>Dear friends,
>
>
>
>Right now, corporations like Microsoft and 
>Facebook are supporting a powerful new law that 
>would allow the US to spy on almost everything 
>we do online. But if enough of us speak out, we 
>can demand that the corporations withdraw their 
>support and stop the cyber-spying. Join the call:
>
>Right now, the US is poised to pass a new law 
>that would permit US agents to spy on almost 
>everything we do online. But we can stop them before the final vote.
>
>Companies that we trust with our personal 
>information, like Microsoft and Facebook, are 
>key supporters of this bill that lets 
>corporations share all user activity and content 
>with US government agents without needing a 
>warrant in the name of cyber-security -- 
>nullifying privacy guarantees for almost 
>everyone around the world, no matter where we live and surf online.
>
>If enough of us speak out, we can stop companies 
>that profit from our business from supporting 
>cyber-spying. Sign the petition to these key net corporations now:
>
><http://www.avaaz.org/en/stop_cispa_corporate_global/?cl=1734137315&v=13707>http://www.avaaz.org/en/stop_cispa_corporate_global/?vl 
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>The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection 
>Act (CISPA) would allow companies doing business 
>in the US to collect exact records of all of our 
>online activities and hand them over to the US 
>government, without ever notifying us that we 
>are being watched. No warrant, no legal cause 
>and no due process required. To make matters 
>worse, the bill provides the government and 
>corporations with blanket immunity to protect 
>them from being sued for violation of privacy and other illegal actions.
>
>The bill’s supporters claim that consumer 
>information will be protected, but the reality 
>is that huge loopholes would make everything we 
>do online fair game -- and nowadays, from 
>banking to shopping, our private information is all stored on the Internet.
>
>CISPA is being moved forward in Congress and 
>will be voted upon in days. Let’s raise a 
>massive outcry to stop corporations from giving 
>the US a blank check to monitor our every move. Click below to take action:
>
><http://www.avaaz.org/en/stop_cispa_corporate_global/?cl=1734137315&v=13707>http://www.avaaz.org/en/stop_cispa_corporate_global/?vl 
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>
>This year, we helped stop SOPA, PIPA and ACTA -- 
>all dire threats to the Internet. Now, let’s 
>block CISPA and end the US government attack on our Internet.
>
>WIth hope and determination,
>
>Dalia, Allison, Emma, Ricken, Rewan, Andrew, 
>Wen-Hua, and the rest of the Avaaz team
>
>More information:
>
>CISPA: The internet finds a new enemy (Global Post)
><http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/the-grid/cispa-the-internet-finds-new-enemy-sopa>http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/the-grid/cispa-the-internet-finds-new-enemy-sopa
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>CISPA protests begin amid key changes to legislation (Los Angeles Times)
><http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-cispa-protests-begin-amid-key-changes-to-legislation-20120416,0,5314596.story>http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-cispa-protests-begin-amid-key-changes-to-legislation-20120416,0,5314596.story 
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>Cybersecurity Bill FAQ: The Disturbing Privacy 
>Dangers in CISPA and How To Stop It (Electronic Frontier Foundation)
><https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/04/cybersecurity-bill-faq-disturbing-privacy-dangers-cispa-and-how-you-stop-it>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/04/cybersecurity-bill-faq-disturbing-privacy-dangers-cispa-and-how-you-stop-it 
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>New CISPA Draft Narrows Cybersecurity Language as Protests Loom (Mashable)
><http://news.yahoo.com/cispa-draft-narrows-cybersecurity-language-protests-loom-134202431.html>http://news.yahoo.com/cispa-draft-narrows-cybersecurity-language-protests-loom-134202431.html 
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