and again...
A U.S. House committee has already approved HR 1981, a broad new Internet snooping bill.
it's authored by SOPA sponsor Lamar Smith.
They want to force Internet service providers to keep track of and retain their customers' information -- including name, address, phone number, credit card numbers, bank account numbers, and temporarily-assigned IP addresses.
Okay, again, the aim of this law is a good one. It is supposed to help track down child pornography but again all internet service providers and all internet service users should not be dealing with this mess. Yes, my ISP has my name and address and they even have a credit card number for me and an IP. They don't need to keep track of any/every credit card I use on line nor my bank accounts. For one thing, they can only barely keep my service up and running! I'm sorry. I don't trust them to keep my banking info all in one place nor do I think they have a right to do so. NOR do I feel I should be treated like a criminal just because they hope to catch one. I'm sick of this. Law enforcement can already request information per almost every user agreement in existence to collect information about people who may be committing crimes on line. I can see no transparent reason for this law? Can anyone see one? Here is some copy/paste information that includes contact info if you wish to get involved.
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The ACLU, EFF, Demand Progress, and 25 other civil liberties and privacy groups have expressed our opposition to this legislation. Will you join us, by emailing your lawmakers today? Just use the form at right.
ISPs would collect and retain your data whether or not you're accused of a crime. Supporters shamelessly dubbed it the "Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act," but our staunchest allies in Congress are calling it what it is: an all-encompassing Internet snooping bill.
Rep. Zoe Lofgren of California -- a SOPA hero who also led Democratic opposition to this bill -- said, "It represents a data bank of every digital act by every American [that would] let us find out where every single American visited Web sites."
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Here is a link to Demand Progress' site. http://act.demandprogress.org/letter/snooping/?akid=1192.1800299.OqsCpx&rd=1&t=2
I'm going to keep posting any for of internet censorship that I am made aware of...until you all tell me to knock it off. I hope that's okay.
This legislation is appalling, and it's already passed through committee.
A U.S. House committee has already approved HR 1981, a broad new Internet snooping bill.
it's authored by SOPA sponsor Lamar Smith.
They want to force Internet service providers to keep track of and retain their customers' information -- including name, address, phone number, credit card numbers, bank account numbers, and temporarily-assigned IP addresses.
Okay, again, the aim of this law is a good one. It is supposed to help track down child pornography but again all internet service providers and all internet service users should not be dealing with this mess. Yes, my ISP has my name and address and they even have a credit card number for me and an IP. They don't need to keep track of any/every credit card I use on line nor my bank accounts. For one thing, they can only barely keep my service up and running! I'm sorry. I don't trust them to keep my banking info all in one place nor do I think they have a right to do so. NOR do I feel I should be treated like a criminal just because they hope to catch one. I'm sick of this. Law enforcement can already request information per almost every user agreement in existence to collect information about people who may be committing crimes on line. I can see no transparent reason for this law? Can anyone see one? Here is some copy/paste information that includes contact info if you wish to get involved.
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The ACLU, EFF, Demand Progress, and 25 other civil liberties and privacy groups have expressed our opposition to this legislation. Will you join us, by emailing your lawmakers today? Just use the form at right.
ISPs would collect and retain your data whether or not you're accused of a crime. Supporters shamelessly dubbed it the "Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act," but our staunchest allies in Congress are calling it what it is: an all-encompassing Internet snooping bill.
Rep. Zoe Lofgren of California -- a SOPA hero who also led Democratic opposition to this bill -- said, "It represents a data bank of every digital act by every American [that would] let us find out where every single American visited Web sites."
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Here is a link to Demand Progress' site. http://act.demandprogress.org/letter/snooping/?akid=1192.1800299.OqsCpx&rd=1&t=2
I'm going to keep posting any for of internet censorship that I am made aware of...until you all tell me to knock it off. I hope that's okay.
This legislation is appalling, and it's already passed through committee.