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EFF Asks How Big Brother Is Watching The Internet
MacDork writes "The EFF filed a FOIA request yesterday with the FBI and other offices of the US DOJ regarding expanded powers granted by the USA PATRIOT Act. The EFF is making the request in an attempt to find out whether or not Section 216 is being used to monitor web browsing without a warrant. The DOJ has already stated they can collect email and IP addresses, but has not been forthcoming on the subject of URL addresses. It seems the EFF is seeking any documentation to confirm such activity is taking place. One can only hope the automated FOIA search doesn't produce any false negatives or cost the EFF $372,999."
"EFF Asks How Big Brother is Watching the Internet"
By getting his little sister to do it.
Porn browsing.
The EFF filed a FOIA request yesterday with the FBI and other offices of the US DOJ regarding expanded powers granted by the USA PATRIOT Act.
Dear EFF,
With regard to your surv^H^H^H^Hcustomer service (ref: EFF-KEYLGGR-SECRTRY), we're happy to preempt your request.
The automated reply to your inquiry is:
NO MATCH FOUND
We sincerely hope your request has been fulfilled. We stay at your disposition for further inquiry.
Regards,
Joe Snoop, Dept. of Homeland Security.
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
"The first rule about USA PATRIOT ACT is you do not talk about USA PATRIOT ACT," if you will.
Is that nearly every single packet that flows on the internet is routed through a facility in Virginia. At that facility, the print out each packet and examine it for illegal activity. They then copy the packet in triplicate, fax one copy to a vault in Colorado, and file the rest in the file of whoever originated the packet. Interesting or suspicious packets are emailed to the CIA and occasionally to the Mosad for further examination.
Don't you love your country son? Do you want our brave soldiers to die? What religon are you?
Don't worry about that last question, we know the answer. We'll be at your house about 10 minutes after you get home from work.
And seriously, you should be getting back to work. You owe it to your employer, and to help the economy, which prevents terrorism!
See you soon flewp.
--The Man
What are we going to do tonight Brain?
We can see you through your monitors. You have mussed up hair, thick glasses, and no girlfriend. You are currently picking your nose thinking that nobody can see you.
You self gratify in front of your computer at least 3 times per week.
And now you are looking at the back of your monitor to see how we did it....
Someone at FBI watching ...
Joe#23153445 : URL http://www.*censored*.com
FBI guy : Great p0rn!
Joe#23153445 : URL http://www.*censored*.com
FBI guy : Damn, that user got tastes!
Joe#23153445 : URL http://www.*censored*.com
FBI guy to others FBI agents : I will keep watching user Joe#23153445 for a while, his activities seem suspecious. I will need extreme concentration, you can dismiss now.
isn't anonymizer.com run by the CIA? Not to be dense or paranoid, but I heard somewhere that it is.
Yes, because only by monitoring everyone's porn browsing can we stop terrorists. But you raise a good point! So along the same lines, I have a question of my own.
Which is more important:
Not being raped by a herd of goats
or
The lives of thousands or even millions of Americans that could be slaughtered in a terrorist attack?
Obviously the later is more important. So down on all fours, bucko. No, no, too late to protest now. We have to Fight Terror!
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