bilde2910

Hi, EFF, FFTF, Access, ACLU and others! First of all, thank you for hosting this AMA and for doing the work you do. You are doing a great service for the good of the Internet.

The government has previously tried to introduce controversial bills like CIPSA and have been overturned. Given all the previous attempts, what do you think needs to happen for the government to realize that CISPA, CISA et al. simply are terrible ideas, and abandon their underlying concepts altogether? Will this ever happen?

^{Also, to FFTF: Do you ever feel bad for the massive amount of faxes, phone calls and e-mails you send to Congress?}

Thanks for your response! Is there anything specific that people from abroad can do to help in the fight these bills?

I think the point is that you should disable browser plugins and all that, but leave your UA untouched. If you change your user agent to "lol nice try NSA", then for every time I see that string in my request logs, I know it's you and nobody else. Randomizing is also an option, but instead of being one of the tens of millions using chrome in some area, you're now one of tens of thousands^{[citation needed]} randomizing your UA. That makes it much easier to filter you out based on other collected data.

First of all, I'm sorry you've had to go through all of this, and I really hope you don't have to go through the ordeal again. I know people myself who have had cancer themselves, and even only once, it is a terrible experience. How do you feel your life is different compared to friends and others you know as a result of all of this? What kind of thing really matters the most to you?

Thanks for replying! CISA makes me shudder just thinking of it. Best of luck to you guys; and I'll do what I can to oppose the bills. We're going to win this!