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DOJ Wants ISPs to Retain All Customer Records

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the keeping-tabs dept.

doubledoh writes "CNET reports that the Department of Justice is 'quietly shopping around' the idea of requiring ISP's to retain all data of their customer's online activities for at least several months. The SEC already mandates that publicly traded firms retain all company emails for at least 2 years, but it looks like John Q. Public may also soon be subject to similar Constitutional violations. Big Brother, here we come."

2 of 471 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Brokerage firms and ISPs are not parallel by ifwm · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "Whilst the Interstate Commerce Clause has been abused mightily your private conversations are not commerce"

    When a significant portion of trading is done human to human, then yes your conversations are commerce.

    As for whether you think it's Constitutional, I couldn't care less. You're free to leave whenever you like, or run for office if you think you can change things.

  2. Slippery slope by khrtt · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    C'mon, Clinton was no better. Don't forget:

    1. Bombing Belgrade
    2. DMCA

    At least Bush won't push new gun laws. See, US is a great country, but US government has done some really, really bad shit before, like slavery two centuries ago, and concentration camps for Japanese-Americans 60 years ago. It's just the way our democracy works - it allows the stupid populace to elect dumb-ass presidents who fuck that same populace over. Every once in a while, the populace would wise up and elect a normal guy, but it doesn't happen all that often.

    This time, judging by how they "almost" elected Bush twice in a row, it could get much worse before it gets better.