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U.S. Proposes Centralized Internet Surveillance
Mr.Intel writes "The Times is reporting that President Bush is 'planning to propose requiring Internet service providers to help build a centralized system to enable broad monitoring of the Internet and, potentially, surveillance of its users.' The recommendation is part of a report entitled 'The National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace'. It is due to be published early next year."
Communism:
IN SOVIET RUSSIA the Internet reads YOU for information.
Capitalism:
IN US of AMERICA the YOU re....
Never mind....
My Kettle
I think this sounds like a great idea. Sincerely, Satan
REUTERS -- The Internet is planning to propose requiring the Bush administration to help build a centralized system to enable broad monitoring of the White House, and, potentially, surveillance of its cabinet.
The proposal is part of a final version of a report, "The National Strategy to Secure the Bush Administration," set for release early next year, according to several people who have been briefed on the report. It is a component of the effort to increase national security after the theft of the 2000 election.
-- Hey, turnabout's fair play!
Just read alt.terrorists.currentplans and that will keep you up to date. Do NOT get it confused with alt.binaries.terrorists.erotica or you will be really sorry.
"Mr President, there seems to be a large flow in identical messages"
"Ah, must be terrorist code. Let me see it"
It says "Increase your penis size."
or
"Mr President, thousands of americans are visiting this web site every day, www.goatse.cx".....
No no, AOL centralises all the spam on the internet.
match all the ac postings to the users real ID (shudder)...
That I live in Canada!
Mmm-hmm... well, thankfully if these go through you won't be able to keep your schemes against us a secret, and we'll topple your regime in no time. That'll teach you that we know better than anybody what's appropriate and allowable in the world.We eat the pig and then together we BURN!!!
Wonder how they gonna persuade Irak and Iran to send such data to Bush though ;-)
Maybe by bombing the shit out of them?
== Jez ==
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The problem is that searching for messages such as "Attack this Thusday at Place X--Bring Explosives" is likly to be just people playing on-line games.
At a minimum you are going to get alot of messages about killing another person, or one group planning to attack the home/base of another group.
I'm going to start e-mailing naked pictures of my ugly ass to known terrorists. Cruel and unusual? Maybe. But,
1. Terrorists deserve the torture
2. So does any asshat listening in
Wow. Who was surprised? Anyone?
Maybe one day you can tell your children what it was like to be a free person.
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The U.S. are looking to control the internet in a centralized manner? I wish them a lot of luck, as there will be countries unwilling to cooperate (China, anyone?).
If the efforts would be successful enough, this would at most result in the internet being split up in 'sub-internets'. Doesn't sound very much like centralized control to me.
Unless *all* countries in the world cooperate, of course. That would require world peace first; so, I fully support this initiative!
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Ok, - get me a webcam, and I'll show Bush a part of Canada he's never seen before! :-)
Al Qaeda released a statement that they would be hiding all future communiques in spam, hoping after the 10,000,000th copy of "Enlarge Your Penis By 8 Inches!" spam, that anyone watching would inevitably lose interest.
Just because you can mod me down, doesn't mean you're right. Shoes for industry!
Remember, this is the US saying it's going to monitor the entire Internet. So, how would it REALLY be done, and what would be the results? I foresee the following: 1) Engage in lengthy debate in Congress. Have several failed bills. When the final bill emerges, it addresses not only Internet security, but also the planting of genetically altered grapefruits in economically depressed regions with a high percentage of illegal immigrant migrant workers. 2) Create an oversight board to monitor the activity of the department created by the President's Bipartisan Commission on Genetically Altered Citrus Crops and Suspicious Internet Activity (PBCGACCSIA). 3) Staff oversight board and department with board members from failed megacorporations whose CEO's have already burned through their golden parachute funds. 4) Employ technical people who are capable of formulating, within 12 months, a 14,521 page document outlining methods of collecting and analyzing data from Internet activity of migrant workers picking brocolli in North Dakota. 5) Declare genetically altered fruit "illegal combatants" and issue sanctions against imported Kiwi fruit.
It's only funny until someone gets hurt. Then, it's hilarious.