FBI wants to wiretap the Internet
The FBI wants to be able to wiretap the entire Internet.
http://news.google.com/url?ntc=0M4B2...8-5172948.html
WTF mate? Does anyone support this? Groverat, SDW, et al?
http://news.google.com/url?ntc=0M4B2...8-5172948.html
WTF mate? Does anyone support this? Groverat, SDW, et al?
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Originally posted by Aquatic
The FBI wants to be able to wiretap the entire Internet.
http://news.google.com/url?ntc=0M4B2...8-5172948.html
WTF mate? Does anyone support this? Groverat, SDW, et al?
No, I don't think anyone does. I'd like to get all of the fvckheads in government who honestly think this kind of authority is a good thing, lock 'em all in a shipping container, and fire it to Mars.
It's also the fact that this will give birth to new regulatory agencies that will effect the direction of new communication technologies. Sad.
The only choice for real change is Ralph Nader.
But this is going a bit too far. If anything, this could be done on an as-needed basis, as Verzion demonstrated they have done before in the article. I see no problem in broadband suppliers being cooperative, but this is not good at all for an economy already in the dumps, regardless of how delusional the administration is thereto.
Oh wait I gotta fit in a Bu$h and AKKKcroft into this post.
I'm going back to reading books, talking to people with cans & string and sending messages by carrier pigeon...
Originally posted by Scott
You people are so overboard it's stupid.
The same sentiments are being echoed across the political spectrum. Maybe you should keep up with the news, or at least formulate a coherent argument, before you start calling people stupid.
Who says what they can do with phones right now is "a good thing"? It is a system set up for easy abuse. So we should do the same with the internet? Don't be so eager to defend this administration's every move; they are not looking out for you nearly as much as you are for them. But make no mistake: they are counting on millions just like you to assume "everything is OK / no big deal / let them do what they want".
We're not overboard at all. And this isn't just about the next administration or the one after... once something like this goes into effect, you can't take it back. All it takes are a few misguided idiots in high places to make this a truly scary proposition. The fact that the phone system is already heavily compromised makes the internet ALL THE MORE important to keep as private as possible. Name another means of mass communication where people from all corners of the nation (and globe) can share information during good times or bad, with little fear of being monitored. You can't, because there isn't another.
Once the internet is compromised as a means of anonymous communiction, it will likely remain so indefinitely. That's not to say they couldn't illegally monitor things, but why on earth would you want to make it easy for them to just do whatever they want, when they want, without public notice or warrants? Wake up.
If this passes I would seriously consider dropping my internet service in the only form of protest that the companies will notice (losing my dollars). This is so Orwellian it's ridiculous. I hope this gets a lot of press / the internet companies fight back or file suit. The government has no business doing this.
GMAFB already.
Enough with the "everything is OK as long as it's part of the WOT" crap!
Originally posted by Moogs
GMAFB already.
Enough with the "everything is OK as long as it's part of the WOT" crap!
needed to be said again
Except Scott, of course, who loves sitting on big brother's lap!
ewwwwww
Originally posted by sammi jo
Its the wrong damned way round, re. surveillance. We the people should be the ones putting our government under surveillance. We the people are their bosses and employ them to work for us. If they can't get it right, we should be dumping them. Its what America is all about.
bravo!
It's not even worth considering in a proposal to the FCC. I should have had a hysterical hissy fit like the rest of you.
Originally posted by Scott
I'm sorry you guys are right. We shouldn't regulate industry to help the FBI to conduct legal investigations of criminals.
No, we shouldn't. Privacy and freedom are more important.
Originally posted by Scott
Nothing the FBI propose violates the Bill of Rights.
What the hell does that have to do with anything? What they propose isn't good.