Congress Might Give U.S. Military Power to Collect Innocent Americans' Data

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The Cyber Intelligence and Sharing Protection Act (CISPA) would allow corporations to share Americans' private information with the government on the grounds of "cybersecurity."

Under such a scheme, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Facebook and every other company that operates on the Internet could share our private information with the military for cybersecurity purposes. Once the government has its hands on the information, there might not be meaningful limits to how it could be used, how long the government could keep the information, or with whom it could share the information. All existing privacy protections would be swept aside in the name of cybersecurity, opening up medical records, private emails, financial information – anything – to prying military eyes. In the name of cybersecurity, the NSA would be able to compile massive quantities of private data, even about people with nothing to do with any wrongdoing. All without a warrant, proper oversight or reasonable limits.