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Browsing Privacy - Off With Your Headers!

Posted by michael on from the j-edgar-hoover-just-a-footnote-nowadays dept.

andyo writes: "Incredible assertion in this Wired article that 'Americans have no reasonable expectation of privacy in the identities of their e-mail correspondents, or the addresses of Web pages they visit.' Cites two senators who I'd thought to be more clueful (Orrin Hatch and Chuck Schumer)." Sure, the FBI should be able to check out every URL I visit without a warrant. They'll never abuse that power.

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  1. ObSimpsons by MortimerK · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Sure, the FBI should be able to check out every URL I visit without a warrant. They'll never abuse that power.

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