Irregular Times Diaries: Unfit Discussion
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Irregular Times Diaries: Unfit DiscussionIn a time of the spring, old paths are obscured and new growth begins.
Sometimes a lot can be said in just a few words. Reuters reports today in a two-paragraph story:
A U.S. appeals court on Friday upheld the government’s authority to force high-speed Internet service providers to give law enforcement authorities access for surveillance purposes.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit turned down a petition aimed at overturning a decision by regulators requiring facilities-based broadband providers and those that offer Internet telephone service to comply with U.S. wiretap laws.
You read that right: the government can now require your broadband internet provider, or your internet telephone service, to spy on your activities. Even if you have broken no law, your behavior online may fall under the direct eye of government scrutiny.
It’s kind of like The Matrix, but without the kicky soundtrack or leather. And you’re not the plucky protagonist; you’re the exploited extra who gets offed as an innocent bystander in Scene 10.
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June 9th, 2006 at 2:19 pm
Thanks for bringing this to our attention.
What bothers me most is the Ameican citizens who really don’t care if they’re being spied on by their own government. These people would have felt right at home in the Soviet Union, except that in the USSR, they couldn’t have their big screen television sets. That, to them, was the only big crime of totalitarianism - not giving them enough cool toys to play with.
June 9th, 2006 at 5:14 pm
What really bothers me is the apathetic attitudes of the American public. We see our sons dying everyday in a country where they shouln’t be in the first place. The commander in thief is setting up a monarchy and the price of gas is skyrocketing…..as long as they have a great big SUV and big screen t.v., little else matters……oh! except what Brittney Spears was wearing on the cover of People!
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