If there is open talk about it, you know they are already doing it. CRAP!!!!!
It is one thing to tap someones service when criminal activity is suspected, but it is quite another to collect data just in case. This is crap.
We are all criminals now, my brothers!
One word: TOR
Tor is free software and an open network that helps you defend against a form of network surveillance that threatens personal freedom and privacy, confidential business activities and relationships, and state security known as traffic analysis.
Tor protects you by bouncing your communications around a distributed network of relays run by volunteers all around the world: it prevents somebody watching your Internet connection from learning what sites you visit, and it prevents the sites you visit from learning your physical location. Tor works with many of your existing applications, including web browsers, instant messaging clients, remote login, and other applications based on the TCP protocol.
I've been using it for several years myself and it works well.
People, use OpenDNS for your DNS web address conversion and use IXQuick or Scroogle.org for your search engine choices.
IXQuick even has a proxy to view most webpages without ANYONE knowing. Also, they do not record or pass on IP addresses or keep any search records. Scroogle.org is not audited to assure privacy, but they say they anonymize your search against Google.com.
One final thing—use NoScript in Firefox or some similar utility to stop Google from recording your every webpage hit. Websites use Google Syndication to note traffic—even Free Republic does this. It used to be considered pretty harmless, but in reality, Google (now in partnership with the NSA), is linking your hits and IP addresses against your search results against your gmail against everything you click on. All available with one warrant or inquiry, or by any of the liberals that run Google just for fun.
Google is more “evil” than people think Microsoft has been. And your local internet provider may start running right up there soon.
They can start with Barney Frank’s computer. There is probably stuff on there that would make Larry Flint shutter.
One thing we know for certain, based on the sleaziness of leftwing government bureaucrats and SEIU government employees, is that the information will be misused to go after political opponents.
Sarah Palin’s website visits will probably be among the most popular viewing for leftwing government bureaucrats.
This is huge.
Whats next, licensing internet site content with government?
The Fuds appear to be doing a great job of catching some criminals already. Why do they need to catalogue internet usage. What is their parameter of specific sites they want to monitor? Possibly FR would be one of those right wing conservative rebel sites they would also feel the need to watch, because it fits into their parameters of keeping an eye on potential subversive or criminal elements.
Word to the FUDS, focus on terrorists. When you get that right, then maybe you can find other people to monitor.
They can monitor visits to THIS site, and gun sites too.
I thought this issue was pretty much paid to rest with library books. I remember hearing a while back the Feds wanted to be able to track BOOKS people took from the library “just in case” like this and they were told to go fish. No crime no right to check.
Phone calls are already there, I guess piling on MORE Government regulations is in style now.
Hurry, Hurry, HURRIE, GET your Government Regulations HERE while Obama is HOT......Hurrry, Hurrry.......
bump to track this thread. ;^)
Don’t sweat it. You’re wasting your time.
The boys at Ft. Meade are years ahead of all of these “fixes”.
Ask the Imperial Japanese fleet.
(Hint: You’ll need a submarine.)
Really? Is it going to cut down on illegal immigration if we do so?
More seriously, can we start asking whether or not the types of things the government needs to investigate is worth surrendering even more of our privacy?