Disclosure: I have not yet read all of the Restrict Act. I have included a link to the Congressional website (below) where you can look at it yourself. Let’s all do some research and find out if this is as bad as it sounds.
If this bill gets passed, we lose almost all privacy we have. The attached screenshots highlight only a few of my concerns with this bill;
“Any software, hardware, or any other product or service integral to the telecommunications products and services” with over 1,000,000 users would now be at the governments disposal to review, prosecute, and take possession of. They can “review” any and all of your personal information without even notifying you that they are doing so. They can ban any game, application, or thing they deem fit if it “poses a risk”.
The RESTRICT Act (S. 686) would allow the government to access all of the data on your video devices if it is a service that uses over 1,000,000 people, THIS INCLUDES SERVICES LIKE RING DOORBELL/INHOME SECURITY CAMERAS and so much more.
A VPN won’t help you get around this either, if caught using a privacy device such as a VPN, you will face up to 20 years in prison AND/OR up to $1,000,000 in fines.
We NEED to bring attention to this and tell our elected officials that we do NOT support the RESTRICT Act.
Read the bill here – S.686. Restrict Act
Stella's Place 
LikeLiked by 1 person
Wow, they start this, they better have a head on a swivel. Not everyone will take this lying down! Keep poking that bear and soon you will find that point where enough is enough. There’s more of us than them!
LikeLiked by 1 person
LikeLike
LikeLike
Yep. Everything they do is against us.
LikeLiked by 2 people
Looking more and more like the sponsor of this bill needs taken down a few pegs! You listening Mark? Not a lot of wait and see time to find out who signs on!
LikeLiked by 1 person
More and more authoritarian. But, after all, we are not smart enough to gather info and decide what we need…
LikeLiked by 1 person