Congress Wants to Monitor Your Internet Activity

Cato.org ^ | 8/1/11 | staff

[Nachum]

Podcast at link.

[ZULU]

This is equivalent to George III wanting copies of all letters between members of Committees of Correspondence.

Bet Mama Janet Napolitano would LOVE this!!!

So much for the “PAtriot Act” mentality which was created by the last idiot in the White House and - surprise of surprises - EXPANDED under his Marxist Muslim Successor.

A free society can only be successful if its members are intellgient, moral and responsible. Otherwise it will degenerate into the kind of world the Statist want to create here.

If we were serious about a free society based on intelligent, moral and respectable individuals, we wouldn’t have allowed Islam here in the first place, which would not have necessitated the “Patriot Act” mentality, Janet Napolitano, the Homeland Security Department and the Transportation Securoty Agency!!

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I’d be willing to give them this if all members of Congress and all employees of the federal government were required to wear webcams/microphones 24/7 so we could monitor them to make sure they aren’t up to any funny business.

[dfwgator]

Hey Congress, Monitor This!

[ExtremeUnction]

Congress Wants to Monitor Your Internet Activity..

I just assumed they already did.

[NewHampshireDuo]

Your ISP and the Government: Best Friends Forever

Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0aQojDGSD4&feature=youtu.be

Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2INEaUCKRro&feature=related

Part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsuVdsYmylk&feature=related

[Paine in the Neck]

Every keystroke - passwords, credit card details, private correspondence, the works.

[paul51]

what's the problem if you don't have anything to hide? /sarc

[de.rm]

..only if they help me remember all my dang passwords.

[dagogo redux]

Of course they do . . . and they will . . . and have . . . and do so now.

Informal networks of trusted neighbors, loosely organized with word of mouth communications - that’s the best way to proceed. Stay asymmetric. They’re no good at defeating that sort of diffuse, low-tech approach.

[puppypusher]

Well!I would like to monitor every transaction that occurrs between any government official and the Public.We Have the Right to know what they are doing 24 hours a day since we are providing their pay check.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

And I thought SCRUBBERS were only needed on Power Plants! Silly me!

[paratrooper82]

Americans need to get a pair and start to fight the socialist government from a different direction. Clearly the current fight is not working! If they want to monitor everything Americans do on the Internet, then, give it to them! Here is just a sample of what you need to be doing everyday, every hour, and every minute you are on the web:

When sending emails, Hello Mother (bomb), how are you today (firearms), I hope this email finds you well and in good health (terrorist). I am fine and in good health (Osama), an I plan to be home (explosives) just as soon as I can accumulate enough vacation time (Mosque). The heat (handgun) here has been over whelming (jihad) and we stop operations during the day (gunpowder) so that we can operate all night long when the temp drops like a rock. (Koran). Take good care always (bible) and remember me in your prayers (christian).

Your loving son (Semtex) Hit every tag until their computer's are so jammed that they cannot possibly operate! This was done with the FBI Echelon program when they were monitoring America's computers even before 9/11 If you are not having fun, you are not doing it right

[Buckeye McFrog]

Love your idea! We could write a few scripts to accomplish the goal much more quickly.

[MayflowerMadam]

“Congress Wants to Monitor Your Internet Activity..”

As if they haven’t been doing that for years. We must always assume we’re being monitored.

[little jeremiah]

Relevant:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2757556/posts

White House Considers New Social Media Avenues
Baltimore Jewish Life ^ | 8/2/11 | Joseph Marks

Posted on Tuesday, August 02, 2011 10:09:35 AM by Nachum

White House communications staffers are investigating using social media sites beyond Facebook and Twitter to broaden the Obama administration’s public engagement and, perhaps, to communicate in different ways, a White House aide said Tuesday.

That investigation is driven partly by a belief that social media changes so rapidly the government must be willing to experiment with new platforms, and because outside advisers to the administration already are using newer platforms, White House New Media Director Macon Phillips said.

Former America Online Chief Executive Officer Steve Case, who serves on President Obama’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, for example, uses Quora.com, an online question-and-answer site, Phillips said.

Phillips was speaking at a panel discussion on social media and civic participation hosted by the Brookings Institution think tank.

As Twitter grows and develops, White House staff has noted that users tend to favor Tweets from individuals over institutions, Phillips said, even when an individual is Tweeting in his or her role as an agency or corporate official.

[ZULU]

I hope the GOP and Tea Party are up on this emerging technology also.