I still can paint my house without a permit. That would be a local/city code or ordinance. You should have a great deal more influence in your local government, and if you can't get them to change, you can always move somewhere that folks think more like you. That is one of the beautiful things about a Republic.
While I do agree that the Feds have been aquiring more power in the last few decades, this particular item does not disturb me. I have always assumed my electronic communications were being monitored, and transmit accordingly.
Good for you. And true about it being local unless the area gets listed federal historic area.
You should have a great deal more influence in your local government, and if you can't get them to change, you can always move somewhere that folks think more like you.
In theory yes. Isn't it great to be free? Just remember that when it happens to you.
That is one of the beautiful things about a Republic.
Agreed While I do agree that the Feds have been acquiring more power in the last few decades, this particular item does not disturb me. I have always assumed my electronic communications were being monitored, and transmit accordingly.
It just disturbs me that eventually it will be misused. I come from the old school of never giving the government any more power than they already have and they have too much now. Once govt gets power they never relinquish it.