Perhaps, but, then again, at least they threw up a pretty face instead of one of the guys who'll become a target as he's celbrating the "win" for his side in the House.
Look at it this way. If you are in court being charged with, let's say, internet cracking, if your Prosecuters were to have a log of everything you've done in the past two years through your ISP, how easy do you think it would be to defend yourself? It's like saying to the Police Officer that you weren't selling Dope when he has your past 10 sells caught on tape! That is what the government is after here.
Now, personally, I think that this line of thought will breed more people hacking into wireless networks to avoid being "spied upon". I think it's interesting to note that while the government (albeit they have good intentions) imposes tighter regulations and laws on the citizens, our crime rate goes up and there are more and more people who circumvent the whole process. I don't like the idea that anyone is going to have logs of what I do, or say, on the internet only because the ISPs aren't 100% secure. So, if they are going to keep 2 years worth of logs ( I work in a Data Center, and Trust me, Isles of SAN is normal, okay? ) what's to keep the crackers and Black Hats of the world from breaking in and stealing my credit card that's onfile? I don't think so!
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Perhaps, but, then again, at least they threw up a pretty face instead of one of the guys who'll become a target as he's celbrating the "win" for his side in the House.
Look at it this way. If you are in court being charged with, let's say, internet cracking, if your Prosecuters were to have a log of everything you've done in the past two years through your ISP, how easy do you think it would be to defend yourself? It's like saying to the Police Officer that you weren't selling Dope when he has your past 10 sells caught on tape! That is what the government is after here.
Now, personally, I think that this line of thought will breed more people hacking into wireless networks to avoid being "spied upon". I think it's interesting to note that while the government (albeit they have good intentions) imposes tighter regulations and laws on the citizens, our crime rate goes up and there are more and more people who circumvent the whole process. I don't like the idea that anyone is going to have logs of what I do, or say, on the internet only because the ISPs aren't 100% secure. So, if they are going to keep 2 years worth of logs ( I work in a Data Center, and Trust me, Isles of SAN is normal, okay? ) what's to keep the crackers and Black Hats of the world from breaking in and stealing my credit card that's onfile? I don't think so!