Comments on: ISP snooping plans take backseat

Republican committee chair says he won't go ahead with proposal to require Net providers to store data on customers.

[Zymurgist]

Somebody at the RNC...

... called up and reminded him that they were hoping to get at least one republican elected next time `round and this bill might undermine that plan.

[Jonathan]

Bingo...

Considering what a hornets? net of mess Shrub and co are in in regards to spying on the American public without oversight it would be political suicide at this point to push a bill like that. Pitty they aren?t though.

[Zymurgist]

Somebody at the RNC...

... called up and reminded him that they were hoping to get at least one republican elected next time `round and this bill might undermine that plan.

[Jonathan]

Bingo...

Considering what a hornets? net of mess Shrub and co are in in regards to spying on the American public without oversight it would be political suicide at this point to push a bill like that. Pitty they aren?t though.

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proactive when it comes to internet privacy

Unfortunate as it is, the US govt will keep trying to find a way in to "legally" track internet use and communication. If your privacy is important, you need to start protecting your outbound email for starters. http://www.essentialsecurity.com/products.htm

[209979377489953107664053243186]

proactive when it comes to internet privacy

Unfortunate as it is, the US govt will keep trying to find a way in to "legally" track internet use and communication. If your privacy is important, you need to start protecting your outbound email for starters. http://www.essentialsecurity.com/products.htm

[trudancor]

Why stop there?

Personally, I think the the US post office should also make and store copies of each letter it handles. They could get a lot more info from a letter, e.g. fingerprints, mailer current location, maybe even some DNA if the letter writer sealed the envelope with a kiss.

Orson Welles barely scratch the surface on the capabilities of big brother. Scare? Damn right I am! Sadly, I am not sure what this country stand for anymore.

[trudancor]

Why stop there?

Personally, I think the the US post office should also make and store copies of each letter it handles. They could get a lot more info from a letter, e.g. fingerprints, mailer current location, maybe even some DNA if the letter writer sealed the envelope with a kiss.

Orson Welles barely scratch the surface on the capabilities of big brother. Scare? Damn right I am! Sadly, I am not sure what this country stand for anymore.

[Catgic]

Slippin? & Slidin? Down The Slippery Slope

?Require Internet service providers to [act as agents of the government and] track what their users [we Webizens] are doing??

We continue sippin? and slidin? down the Slippery Slope and ask, ?Where will it end??

The events of 9/11/2001 were not the catalyst for the government?s grab for our personal privacy, liberties, et al?it was just the accelerant.

Decades earlier, in the name of fighting the Drug War, the Bank Secrecy Act was past. The Act turned banks and bank tellers into ?agents of the government? to watch and report our bank transactions. The ?Secrecy? in the Act was not about guarding your ?Secrets,? but rather mandated that banks secretly snoop on you and report your banking activities to the government without notifying you.

Prior to that time, the banks and their bank employees worked for the account holders. Today they, under penalty of law, work as agents of the government required to keep close daily watch on and report on the movement of all your hard earned U$Ds.

Enter the War On Terror. In the highest traditions of government bureaucrats more Secrecy Laws were past, not to protect your secrecy, but to facilitate the government?s secret snooping. With 9/11, USA Patriot Acts I & II came along with a host of other laws that target personal privacy over electronic communications in the name of ?Protecting Us,? causing us to slide further down the slippery slope.

Today, the news reported that Congress is preparing to pass laws requiring the tracking of your automobile purchases. Your real estate transactions are already being tracked, so I guess it was only a matter of time before Big Bro decided to start keeping tabs on our personal transportation too.

Joseph Poliakon
Space Coast, Florida

[Catgic]

Slippin? & Slidin? Down The Slippery Slope

?Require Internet service providers to [act as agents of the government and] track what their users [we Webizens] are doing??

We continue sippin? and slidin? down the Slippery Slope and ask, ?Where will it end??

The events of 9/11/2001 were not the catalyst for the government?s grab for our personal privacy, liberties, et al?it was just the accelerant.

Decades earlier, in the name of fighting the Drug War, the Bank Secrecy Act was past. The Act turned banks and bank tellers into ?agents of the government? to watch and report our bank transactions. The ?Secrecy? in the Act was not about guarding your ?Secrets,? but rather mandated that banks secretly snoop on you and report your banking activities to the government without notifying you.

Prior to that time, the banks and their bank employees worked for the account holders. Today they, under penalty of law, work as agents of the government required to keep close daily watch on and report on the movement of all your hard earned U$Ds.

Enter the War On Terror. In the highest traditions of government bureaucrats more Secrecy Laws were past, not to protect your secrecy, but to facilitate the government?s secret snooping. With 9/11, USA Patriot Acts I & II came along with a host of other laws that target personal privacy over electronic communications in the name of ?Protecting Us,? causing us to slide further down the slippery slope.

Today, the news reported that Congress is preparing to pass laws requiring the tracking of your automobile purchases. Your real estate transactions are already being tracked, so I guess it was only a matter of time before Big Bro decided to start keeping tabs on our personal transportation too.

Joseph Poliakon
Space Coast, Florida