A prominent Republican on Capitol Hill has prepared legislation that would rewrite Internet privacy rules by requiring that logs of ALL Americans' online activities be stored !
The proposal comes just weeks after Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Internet service providers should retain records of user activities for a "reasonable amount of time," a move that represented a dramatic shift in the Bush administration's views on privacy.
Wisconsin Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, is proposing that ISPs be required to record information about Americans' online activities so that police can more easily "conduct criminal investigations." Executives at companies that fail to comply would be fined and imprisoned for up to one year.
In addition, Sensenbrenner's legislation--expected to be announced as early as this week--also would create a federal felony targeted at bloggers, search engines, e-mail service providers and many other Web sites. It's aimed at any site that might have "reason to believe" it facilitates access to child pornography--through hyperlinks or a discussion forum, for instance.
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Wow, talk about an invasion of privacy. again using the dreaded "Save the children banner" now they want cart blanch to log all your data , every time you look at your bank records on line.. logged. you check out an artical against bush.. Logged. you key in a particular keyword into google... Logged .. and all in a neat serchable system.. did we just LOSE our right to privacy ?
The proposal comes just weeks after Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Internet service providers should retain records of user activities for a "reasonable amount of time," a move that represented a dramatic shift in the Bush administration's views on privacy.
Wisconsin Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, is proposing that ISPs be required to record information about Americans' online activities so that police can more easily "conduct criminal investigations." Executives at companies that fail to comply would be fined and imprisoned for up to one year.
In addition, Sensenbrenner's legislation--expected to be announced as early as this week--also would create a federal felony targeted at bloggers, search engines, e-mail service providers and many other Web sites. It's aimed at any site that might have "reason to believe" it facilitates access to child pornography--through hyperlinks or a discussion forum, for instance.
(full story here ) full story here.
Wow, talk about an invasion of privacy. again using the dreaded "Save the children banner" now they want cart blanch to log all your data , every time you look at your bank records on line.. logged. you check out an artical against bush.. Logged. you key in a particular keyword into google... Logged .. and all in a neat serchable system.. did we just LOSE our right to privacy ?
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