Last night, Congress and President Obama passed the new budget bill, which included the late-addition of CISA, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act. This is the same act that was formerly called CISPA that was defeated multiple times because of we the people's outrage over what it does. Instead of trying to pass it as its own bill, Congress snuck it in a 2000+ page must-pass budget bill.

http://www.engadget.com/2015/12/18/h...get-with-cisa/

Now what does CISA do, you may ask? It allows companies to share private consumer data with both other companies and the government for cybersecurity, or "other" reasons. The "other" clause lets them share our information for whatever reason without being held accountable, as this bill makes it so that we cannot hold such companies responsible for sharing our private information.

"But I've got nothing to hide, so it's not that bad", you may say. This bill allows the government to access your personal accounts, logins, and stored data without a warrant, effectively destroying the 4th Amendment which prevents unlawful search and seizure. Do you torrent movies or TV shows? Now the government has a legal avenue for tracking that. The government is now allowed to request the wiretapping of your Internet behavior without a warrant.

Additionally, I don't trust the government's track record in securing my data, as the government couldn't even protect the Office of Personnel Management's personal files from hackers based in China.

But what can you do to prevent stuff like this from happening again? Vote out every single senator and congressperson who voted for this budget bill. Don't vote for presidential candidates who supported this bill. Here's a list: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/114-2015/h705