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How The Government Spies On Your Internet Use

Posted by timothy on from the because-it's-vital-to-national-security dept.

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."

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  1. Subject by DRUNK_BEAR · · Score: 1, Troll

    They really should create a category of story called "Tin-foiled hat". The logo for this category would be quite interesting I'm sure ;) This story and many past ones would be perfect to fall into this category!! ;)

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    DrkBr
  2. Re:Sad, sad, sad. by isa-kuruption · · Score: 1, Troll

    Uhmmm.....

    Maybe your history of the "McCarthy Era" has been scewed by liberal media. McCarthy only spent about 4 months "accusing people" of being Communists, and in these names he got from CIA investigations already in progress. This had nothing to do with invading anyone's privacy, and isn't even on the same plain.

    And Nixon is another story, again, has nothing to do with the current "problem".

    However, let's look at Bill & Hillary Clinton. Hillary used her power as first lady to send U.S. secret service officials to "harrass" Bill's sexual harrassment accusers (Paula Jones). Talk about brushing away the law to suit your own personal needs.