Comments on: Industry, others object to data retention

As feds begin talking about requiring ISPs and others to store data on customers, critics point to technical, security and privacy challenges.

[aSiriusTHoTH]

Encryption...

And people wonder why some people use encryption software for Emails, IMs, Chat, etc... hmm.. go figure...

[GrandpaN1947]

Another good reason

to consider supporting different political parties or different people when voting. It's time for a change. This extremism has to stop before it gets bloody and even ugly.

[casper2004]

Our secret government calls the shots

At this point whoever gets into the White House, will do exactly as they're told, or end up nowhere fast.

[ajbright]

How is this not wire tapping?

Listening in on any conversation is wire tapping pure and simple, whether it's by reading a private email, reading the contents of an IM post or listening to words being spoken through a handset - which also converts the data to 1s and 0s and transmits it through the same sorts of technology used to wire the internet.

So hopefully if this ludicrous bill ever sees the light of day hopefully after the FBI's little Coup D'Etat ish retrieval of documents from government offices, hopefully Congress will refuse to advance any legislation that benefits the DoJ.

its not wiretapping

It's not wiretapping b/c nobody is "tapping" anything. It's worse. The ISPs are going to simply hand it over... much worse.

This is such an invasion of privacy its not funny. It's like searching someone's home or property without a warrant.

The're just going to be watching and trying to pick out every bad thing they see without any reasonable belief or warrant.

[Dianne4anti-snooping]

Once they require this....

I, for one, will go-offline with my money to protest this horribly invasive historic event!!