[ale] GA SB315 Lobby Day TOMORROW at the State Capitol

Jim Kinney jim.kinney at gmail.com
Thu Feb 15 12:02:39 EST 2018


And NPR this morning.
Pretty much anytime GA makes NPR, it's embarrassing.
Lawmakers who can barely spell "windows" get to make decisions about
computer security and actively ignore the experts in the field.
The headlines need to be "Lawmakers in GA help Russia overrun elections
by banning computer security research"
On Thu, 2018-02-15 at 10:37 -0500, Charles Shapiro via Ale wrote:
> This stupid law has made TechDirt..
> 
> https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180212/18002339217/georgia-senate
> -thinks-it-can-fix-election-security-issues-criminalizing-password-
> sharing-security-research.shtml
> 
> -- CHS
> 
> 
> On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 9:15 AM, Scott M. Jones via Ale <ale at ale.org>
> wrote:
> > You're cordially invited along with Electronic Frontiers Georgia to
> > 
> > attend SB315 Lobby Day tomorrow 9:00 a.m. to noon at the State
> > Capitol
> > 
> > Building (i.e. Gold Dome).  We will meet in the rotunda at walk in
> > level
> > 
> > and get a brief introduction to the legislative process.  After
> > that we
> > 
> > will attempt to speak to our legislators at "The Rope" where we
> > will
> > 
> > address our concerns.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > https://www.meetup.com/Electronic-Frontiers-Georgia-EFGA/events/247
> > 440171/
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Read EFF's article on SB 315 for more of a background.  This
> > computer
> > 
> > intrusion law threatens non-commercial and academic security
> > research as
> > 
> > could make Terms of Service (TOS) violations a criminal matter.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/02/georgia-must-block-flawed-com
> > puter-crime-bill
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Tomorrow is actually NOT the most critical day for this legislation
> > but
> > 
> > it is a chance for us to get to know our legislators and the
> > process.
> > 
> > If the bill is approved by the Senate, we will attempt to testify
> > at the
> > 
> > House committee meeting, and that is an all-hands-on-deck alert.
> > 
> > Committee meetings are often on short notice and subject to change
> > dates
> > 
> > and times at the whim of the legislature.  So tomorrow's event is
> > the
> > 
> > only date we can count on for sure.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Please RSVP to us if you can make it.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Scott
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > P.S. No signs this time and business attire.
> > 
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