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Senate Wants Database Dragnet

Posted by samzenpus on from the big-brother dept.

Doc Ruby writes "Wired reports that the "Senate could pass a bill as early as Wednesday evening that would let government counter-terrorist investigators instantly query a massive system of interconnected commercial and government databases that hold billions of records on Americans".

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  1. Tips and Tricks? by vettemph · · Score: 5, Interesting
    We need to come up with a "How To Blend In" document that teaches folks how to limit trackable transactions, make all your travel look like company business and vacations, where to find the books you want without anyone knowing your reading them and so forth. ie.:Imagine how hard it would be for the cops to give speeding tickets if every one of us drove a "black sedan". BLEND IN!

    Of course we also need to figure out how to fill the database with so many fake "flags" that it becomes useless.

    now where is that silver hat i usually wear?

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    The government which is strong enough to protect you from everything is strong enough to take everything from you.