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Well, okay, it wasn't really a surprise.

Although it says 90%, after looking at the answers, there was only one issue we actually disagreed on, and that's one where my opinion is complicated. So, I suppose I have a bumper sticker to buy? (And maybe a coffee mug...)

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CISPA is back with a new name: "CISA"
"This time, CISA is even worse than CISPA. The bill would give the NSA even more authority to access our data and force companies to fork over private data without a search warrant."

Twice, we've made it very clear that we don't want CISPA - we don't want the NSA violating our privacy. They just won't leave it alone. Now they're back with an even broader bill based on the same idea - but they've changed the name slightly, so maybe we won't realize it's CISPA all over again.

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