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Originally posted by EricP@Nov 11 2002, 10:47 PM
I agree it's fucked and can be abused, but...
What would they really want with me? I mean, what are they going to find if my internet connection were tapped?
I work on, and look at porn sites? I do research, I send email to people etc.
So What.
The way I look at it is, if you don't want someone else to know about it, don't do it over the internet.
I find it very hard to believe that the government is not already using a Super Packet Sniffer, or worse.
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EricP, along that line of reasoning, I guess you would be fine if they set up cameras in our houses just "to make sure" we weren't doing anything wrong. And as long as you aren't breaking any laws...what's the harm?
Also, Eric let's say you are innocently surfing porn as you say, then you accidentally click on a kiddie porn link. It is documented, saved, and recorded. Then everyone you business with is a suspect, your property is seized during the investigation, etc, etc. Do you not think the likes of Ashcroft and his cronies would love the opportunity to prosecute legitimate porn business people with this type of technology?
MikeAI, the "controls" you speak of could easily be overturned at any time to suit whatever purposes they had in mind. Like I said before...it may or may not be abused by this administration, but it will be abused.
What do they really have to gain besides spying on citizens? Do you think if this technology was in place 2 years ago it would have prevented the 9-11 tragedy? I seriously doubt it. If I remember correctly there were FBI reports requesting certain people and scenarios be investigated prior to 9-11, and that wasn't even enough to prevent it. So, how could a huge database of Internet traffic protect us in any way shape or form?
This outrages me, and what scares me even more is when people defend this type of thing.