Law Requires Italian Web Cafes to Record ID

Armadni General writes "CNN is reporting that a new Italian law requires that all businesses offering public internet access, such as web cafes, to identify and record all customers. While supporters of this law trumpet its anti-terrorism potential, still others see no such advantage and bemoan this invasion of personal privacy. 'They must be able, if necessary, to track the sites visited by their clients. [...] Contents of people's e-mail is, however, supposed to remain private and can only be made available to law enforcement through a court order. Italy also obliges telecommunications companies to keep traffic data and European ministers agreed last week to require the carriers to retain records of calls and e-mails for a maximum of two years. The European Parliament's two largest groups endorsed the data retention initiative on Wednesday despite complaints from privacy advocates and telecoms, and the full body is expected to adopt a bill next week.'"

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Learn how to kill.

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You'll never know when you need to defend yourself and your family. I don't give a damn if who I email gets recorded for 2 years but if we let it get to double plus good then I'm going to shoot someone who had a hand in it and be labeled a terrorist. At least in the US, guns are so widespread and accessible that it would take decades to remove the single bullet retribution.
And I'm not an extremist, I just remember my history classes from school - the writing was on the wall and the smart Jewish people left Germany before WW2 but now there are fewer places to go that aren't hellholes so that changes the logical thing to do from 'retreat' to 'fight'.
Ok, maybe I'm overreacting but if you judge someone only by their actions then politicians lately seem to fall into the evil category. They're blithly walking down the slippery path because 'it's what people want' not taking a stand for what is moral and good.