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

Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act would give tech firms broad latitude to collect personal data - even as Congress uses old tech to avoid prying eyes

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.

Protesters have programmed eight separate phone lines to convert emails sent from a handy box at FaxBigBrother.com (as well as tweets with the hashtag #faxbigbrother) to individual faxes and send them to all 100 members of the US Senate.