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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."
you're a flaming shitbag of diarreah.
The moron who called readers "idiots" and modbombed threads, all the while cybersquatting Censorware.org, has been removed from Slashdot!
AHAHAHAHAHAAHAAHAAAA! I know you're reading this Michael. Sucks to be you!
"It boils down to precident in the physical world. When you walk around in public, do you bring out your kiddie porn collection, break into shops, try to abduct little girls/boys, expose yourself to random men/women, talk about crimes you're about to or have commited in broad daylight while dozens of bystanders mill about? Then why the hell should you think that the magical interweb somehow makes that OK?"
So, then, by your logic, that means they should be allowed to put microphones and cameras everywhere, and view this as they please, without any particular reason?
When a government can control what you can hear, or read, then it follows, they can control what you can say or think.
We are one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively. Back to you with the weather, Bob!
The gist of what I get from your above excuses regarding FOIA requests is what I already knew:
Government agencies have absolutely no incentive to expedite FOIA requests, because doing so would mean less work for all their friends, co-workers, and lawyers. Whereas the taxpayers already pay for you to create these documents in the first place (and do little else in many cases), they then subsequently pay again to get you to locate the information that should have been made more easily searchable in the first place.
Compare this to a company, where the incentive is to streamline access to documents so they can spend less money and become more efficient so that their profits are higher, their stockowners happier, and more employees can be paid/hired with the excess capital.
This is why the government sucks at running everything. There is absolutely no incentive to improve.
Ironically, the word ironically is often used incorrectly.