How Your Information Could Soon End up in the Hands of the NSA — and What You Can Do About It

https://www.aclu.org/blog/washington-markup/how-your-information-could-soon-end-hands-nsa-and-what-you-can-do-about-it

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Congress just made it easier for the NSA and FBI to get your private information. 

Tucked into Congress’ 2,000 page spending bill passed today was a controversial cyber-surveillance rider. This provision, which was strongly opposed by the ACLU, is yet another iteration of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, which we have repeatedly criticized as a surveillance bill that would have done nothing to stop cyber breaches, such as the Anthem or OPM hack. In an apparent flip-flop, the Obama administration appears to support inclusion of the rider — despite his opposition to similar proposals in the past.