IBTimes: John McAfee: CISA will not stop a single important hack, let alone cyberterrorism

Even cybersecurity experts express their concerns about CISA Article by John McAfee for International Business Times On 27 October, the US Senate passed a version of the Cybersecurity Information Act (CISA) that allows companies to share any and all information about their user base with the Department of Homeland Security, who could then pass it on to any other agency. This is a free pass that allows our largest gatherers of information on individual citizens to share info with the government, and they will be given broad immunity even if they have violate privacy laws in the process.

Even cybersecurity experts express their concerns about CISA

Article by John McAfee for International Business Times

On 27 October, the US Senate passed a version of the Cybersecurity Information Act (CISA) that allows companies to share any and all information about their user base with the Department of Homeland Security, who could then pass it on to any other agency. This is a free pass that allows our largest gatherers of information on individual citizens to share info with the government, and they will be given broad immunity even if they have violate privacy laws in the process.

We all know the targets of this legislation: Google, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Pinterest, Snapchat and all of the online social networking companies, for these are the companies that know most about the comings and goings, the likes and dislikes, the purchase records, dating habits and political positions of everyone in America, and of most of our American allies.

What does this do for real security, though? Virtually all of our hacks have been performed by overseas agencies that have an axe to grind with America. No important hacks have come from our citizens or our allies.

Let's look at the world facts of the web. China is in an undeclared cyber war with the US. Does anyone believe China uses Google for anything more than disinformation? Of course not. China has one of the most sophisticated search engines and social networking tools of any country on the planet.

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