They're Watching You

[Kitsune]

Of course, you're not allowed to know about any of this despite the pending lawsuits. It would threaten 'merica.

[Stormieweather]

So the people who are surfing legitimately under their own IP addresses can be watched, but the ones who are sneaking around under cloaking services (and probably doing less than legitmate stuff) won't have records of their movements. Now if I were going to go out and set up a subversive site or promote illegal acts, I certainly wouldn't go do it under my own, very traceable IP address.

So what is the point?

Stormie

[Beestie]

Originally Posted by Stormieweather

So what is the point?

The data would be worth billions. And there will be folks lined up to buy it. And we won't know a thing.

[Kitsune]

Originally Posted by Stormieweather

So what is the point?

We are all potential criminals, we are all potential terrorists.

Most importantly, we're giving them an inch so, later on, they can take a mile. A year ago everyone found it okay to monitor international phone calls because the government wasn't doing anything with domestic ones. Now we find it okay to have our call logs monitored because, well, they're not actually listening to the conversations. No one is concerned that their search engine requests are being noted because the government isn't sifting through all of the e-mail we send. When it is made public that the government is tagging conversations and e-mails for key words, no one will mind so much because they were already keeping tabs on who you called and when and, besides, everyone knows your phone isn't a secure method of communication. To do that, you should meet with the person face-to-face, since it is obvious that the government would never place warrantless taps in your house...

No one will be upset unless the government forces the cancellation of American Idol, anyways. The American people are complacent and accepting of big government.