The House passes CISPA with a vote of 248 to 168
Just a reminder: many (maybe most) of the Dems who voted against CISPA did so because they favor a <i>more</i> intrusive intervention: they want the government to establish standards for "cybersecurity" to apply to private industry systems they consider "critical infrastructure", and then for the government to deputize specific firms (read: Raytheon, SAIC, Lockheed) to conduct mandatory audits of those firms. Privacy is a fig leaf here.<p>Also remember: under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986, none of the information disclosure "authorized" by CISPA was already unlawful. 18 USC § 2702 (b) (5): private companies can voluntarily disclose private customer information "as may be necessarily incident to the rendition of the service or to the protection of the rights or property of the provider of that service". Without limitation. With no check on the what the government does with that information afterwards. CISPA <i>added</i> restrictions (albeit weak ones) on sharing; it didn't meaningfully broaden what could be shared.<p>Regardless of what EFF says about this (unfortunately, I personally believe EFF's interest in CISPA is largely about fundraising), you probably should be careful about cheering CISPA's demise.