Comments on: Politicos mull data retention by Web hosts, registrars

Broadening their inquiry beyond ISPs, they ponder mandates for storage of user records to aid child porn investigators.

[Pete Bardo]

They still don't have a clue, do they?

I find it hard to believe that no one in Congress knows anything about how the internet works. They are still talking about tracking ip addresses back to users. And they want ISP's to retain records for a year! I only run 2 web sites and can only afford to keep logs for about 30 days before they take up too much space.

And now they want ISP's to record credit card numbers too? The credit card services are asking merchants not to keep this information in an effort to curb identity theft. Why would we want ISP's treated any differently.

I know I'm talking to myself here, but maybe one person will read this and pass it on. Not only would retaining these records put a financial burden on all but the largest ISP's, the information would likely not provide much quality of results.

To the Attorney General: Stay out of my computer!

[Pete Bardo]

They still don't have a clue, do they?

I find it hard to believe that no one in Congress knows anything about how the internet works. They are still talking about tracking ip addresses back to users. And they want ISP's to retain records for a year! I only run 2 web sites and can only afford to keep logs for about 30 days before they take up too much space.

And now they want ISP's to record credit card numbers too? The credit card services are asking merchants not to keep this information in an effort to curb identity theft. Why would we want ISP's treated any differently.

I know I'm talking to myself here, but maybe one person will read this and pass it on. Not only would retaining these records put a financial burden on all but the largest ISP's, the information would likely not provide much quality of results.

To the Attorney General: Stay out of my computer!

[ralfthedog]

Will not stop the bad guys.

The bad guys will use things like freenet and anonymizers. All this will do is increase the level of fraud, and make business on the Internet more expensive.

Most politisions don't understand the Internet. People fear and want to destroy what they do not understand.

[ralfthedog]

Easy to get around.

The bad guys will use things like freenet and anonymizers. All this will do is increase the level of fraud, and make business on the Internet more expensive.

Most politisions don't understand the Internet. People fear and want to destroy what they do not understand.

[maxwis]

But's Let's Not Keep Any Voting Records

Yesiree let's require every company under the sun to keeps records on John Q. Publib for years. But let's make damn sure that electronic voting machines that we paid Diebold a few billion dollars for leave no trace at all of who voted, when they voted, and whom they voted for. No, that would be i-n-c-o-v-e-n-i-e-n-t.

[wbenton]

Nonsense

They might as well place police every 100 feet throughout the US to stop all kinds of other crimes as well. (* GRIN *)

End result would be the same. A waste of manpower, money and unnecessary data which will turn up nothing useful in the end.

The real culprits are too smart to get caught that way and have numerous ways to circumvent the system.

They don't even have one iota of an idea of what they're perpondering to say the least.

FWIW

[Dalkorian]

sure they do

They know exactly what they are proposing. The problem is they
are trying to put a spin on it to sell it to the public.

Question: do you really think this has ANYTHING to do with
protecting children? They have the tools to do that now, but
don't use them. Why?

On the other hand, if they can make more of your private data
accessible then they can "get into your home" without cause or
warrants. I guarantee you if this should pass the only time it will
be used against a child predator is when it will make a big
political splash across the front pages. Otherwise, it will be used
exclusively to spy on those who disagree with the government in
any way.

This isn't an attack on child predators, it's an attack on your
constitutional rights against unwarranted search and seizures.
Plain and simple.