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Retroactive Immunity Proposed for Telcos Who Share Private Data

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the best-intentions dept.

quanticle writes "The government has proposed giving retroactive immunity to telephone companies for giving personal data to the government, even if such requests are later found to be illegal."

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  1. Come to Canada by CriminalNerd · · Score: 4, Funny

    Come to Canada, where the government is too stupid to do anything.

  2. Cue the line from Star Wars by ip_freely_2000 · · Score: 2, Funny

    "I will make it legal"

  3. Misinformation by WK2 · · Score: 1, Funny

    You have been misinformed, Anonymous Coward. We here in the US do not elect who we want into office. We are presented with two candidates, one placed by a big, greedy company (of sorts), and the other placed by a different big, greedy, company. We have the choice between a turd and a douche bag. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douche_and_Turd

    As for the GP post, he was referring to the United States Constitution declaring that it defines what America is, and what the politicians can do.

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  4. Re:I bet Nixon would feel really dumb now by Dunbal · · Score: 3, Funny

    Politicians are our employees. We put them there. If they don't work as intended, fire them!

          I hate to be a traditionalist, but setting them on fire might achieve a better and faster result.

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