Wiretapping the Web Easier Than Ever

theodp writes "All the trends are toward easier to tap, says an EFF attorney in MSNBC's recap of last week's 5-0 FCC vote to require broadband and VoIP providers to provide Uncle Sam with wiretapping backdoors and a recent Court decision that stored e-mail is not protected under a strict reading of wiretap laws. Civil-liberties concerns aside, MSNBC notes the FCC is also exploring its Internet regulatory options, including placing tariffs on online newspapers and requiring e-tailers to process 911 calls."

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I have seen the light!

[maximilln]

Jimmy Swaggart touched me and I have SEEN THE LIGHT.

Ideally, I'm a libertarian (with a small l). I really do want to see government get so small that I need a magnifying glass more powerful than the one I use when I play with myself to find them. I want government so small that they can fit on the head of a pin and still have room for a thousand angels.

But let's face reality. Big government is here. Big government, over the course of the year, will consume better than 60% of your paycheck through one hidden tax or fee or another. Big government is not getting any smaller and big government cares less than Slim Shady about what you think. Big government is going to continue to do whatever it feels like no matter who you vote for because both major parties, the Democrats and the Republicans, profit enormously from big government. That is a FACT and there are no pretty words that can ever change it.

Let's also consider what would happen without big government. Without big government, the big industries would have you sign your life away with the click of an EULA. Without big government your bank would have you agree to sign over your life savings to them with every deposit in some microscopic font at the bottom of the page on the agreement for your savings account. Without big government your employer would own ALL your thoughts with the signing of an employee agreement and even McDonald's would have one. Without big government your only option (other than submitting to your corporate owners) would be complete and utter destitute homelessness.

So why fight it any more? There's nothing that can be done. Happily embrace your government overlords. Freely give up all of your human rights.

Besides... if you don't like it... you can always leave the country, right?