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How The Government Spies On Your Internet Use
intnsred writes "In explaining the recent PATRIOT act ACLU lawsuit, a D.C. civil rights lawyer writes, "I am sure that many of you reading this (and I, likely) have the government in our computers....Until now, we did not know much about how the government goes about this procedure. Now we do." Fascinating details of the case and how easy it is for the gov't to get warrantless access to you through your ISP. This clarifies and expands a previous /. article."
they cant get into my commodore 64!
:)
Mmmmm Zak McKracken
... because my tinfoil beanie blocks their mind-control rays. (complete with propeller)
Screw you all! I'm off to the pub
I work at a small ISP, and I've never seen any requests for passwords or email from any law enforcement agency in the 4 years I have worked here. We have around 50,000 customers in the Northeast US. We do, however, get 1 or 2 requests per month from the RIAA or MPAA to warn our customers about distributing copyrighted material.
Great shame that they didn't post it as a MS word document having just blacked out the offending sections. What did you say about an undo facility ?
If Tony Blair is Bush's poodle, where does that leave John Howard?
"Tin-foiled hat". Bah. Try being this guy.
The company I work for owns an ISP.
We too, have had several "requests" from the RIAA for users info, etc. We told them to fuck off and get a warrant.
Haven't seen nor heard from them again.
Ditto the US feds.
Some ISPs have a backbone you know.
So rise up, all ye lost ones, as one, we'll claw the clouds.
But say that you already have a legitamite reason for using that kind of encryption? Like you are in an organisation that regularly deals in insider information, or classified government projects?
Surely noone is going to have a problem with sending the company's plans to take over foosoft over an encrypted link.
It's when I think about what I have in my encrypted files that I realise how much I am pissing off the NSA with the encrypted email which says: "Have fun at the party tonight? I still need to get the smoke out of my clothes.".
Al Cicada! Now I understand the invasion going on in my back yard! Oh...wait...Al CIAda...sorry
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And you can identify those moozlim ayrab terrorists who don't pray to jesus, and their sympathizers by what they read.
How ya like dat?
Depends on which Bush you mean. The White House is, was, and remains a supporter of Osama bin Ladin. Bin Ladin and Al Qaeda were "assets" for US intelligence, and there is no record of their ever having gone off the payroll, afaik.
When Clinton attacked al Qaeda the neocons screamed bloody murder and demanded an immeadiate cessation of action. I guess they were waiting for 9/11/2001 and Dubya's "pre-emptive" war on Iraq. God forbid a liberal should wipe out al Qaeda from afar before Haliburton could get involved, eh? Besides, I'm sure Dubya had a little trouble explaining to his buddy Osama why cruise missiles were raining down on his training camps before the operation they were training for could be carried out.
If it weren't for Osama, there would be no excuse for the Bush/Cheney organization to make war, and by Bush/Cheney reasoning, lack of War amounts to a lost sales. Bush/Cheney gave money to the Pakistani SS, who passed the money to the hijackers. The money probably originated with the Saudis, who are shown to have financed other terror ops e.g. the WTC attacks. The evidence agaist Bush/Cheney remains circumstantial, but the White House certainly can't afford for bin Ladin to be captured, since bin Ladin is a former Bush administration insider and would probably confirm the ties in order to save his own ass. If found, he will be found dead. Meanwhile, I'm sure he continues to enjoy the hospitality of the Bush family...
"The Internet is made of cats."
Well, then assume I'm stupid and show me exactly where this evidence is. If there's so damn much of it, it shouldn't take you any time at all to provide examples.
No can do, man. The SCO business model is the new Black.
btw, you owe me $699...
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And for extra fun, have a look at Whitehouse.com
How ya like dat?
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