Just the fax: internet activists go analog to fight Congress on cybersecurity bill

Internet activists determined to halt what they see as another ill-conceived Washington cybersecurity bill are hitting Congress where it hurts: right in the fax machine. The rationale, said Evan Greer of activist group Fight for the Future, is that Congress doesn’t appear to understand technology invented in the current century. “Groups like Fight for the Future have sent millions of emails, and they still don’t seem to get it,” said Greer. The bill, stalled last year, has been recently resuscitated and will likely be considered next week before Congress adjourns for the summer on 7 August. “One thing that makes faxes – and pagers, for that matter – still good tech is that they are analog and difficult to search.