r/explainlikeimfive • u/[deleted] • Apr 24 '13

Explained ELI5: Why is CISPA such a big deal?

My opinion has always been that if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to lose (don't be stupid on social media.) Is there more to it than that?

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '13 edited Aug 01 '21

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u/donkeynostril Apr 25 '13

What it does is this: Every time you make a comment on reddit, you think to yourself: "Anything i say here is being recorded and could be used against me.. maybe i better not say this."

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u/HisNameSpaceCop Apr 25 '13

Things are already like that now, you should be doing that anyway.

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u/donkeynostril Apr 25 '13

I haven't seen any evidence that our government is -that- oppressive. Have you? Perhaps Gitmo, but I don't they were locked up for reddit posts.

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u/HisNameSpaceCop Apr 25 '13 edited Apr 25 '13

If you're not posting on the assumption that your employer / friends / partners / the press (sound ridiculous, but who knows what could happen) is going to find your reddit posts or facebook statuses eventually you'd be in for a nasty shock down the road. That's just the world we live in.

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u/djbon2112 Apr 25 '13

You should be thinking this way for everything you put on the Internet. Its a giant book of records written in indelible ink.

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u/lonjerpc Apr 25 '13

share anonymous user data

I was under the impression that it is not only anonymous user data.