Lets forget that a lot of what you do online may end up in Google.
And, most certainly lets forget about the outrageous violations of the Bush wiretapping of terrorist suspects.
Lets talk about the benefits of wiretapping. And there must be many.
I've read here or there about the ability of Amazon to track your reading thru the Kindle. That seemed to concern some. Not me, I've got a clear conscious.
But some who don't may want to think of amending their ways. Your big brother wants to look out for you.
Obama wants unfettered access to your Internet activity _ Access is a little slow, as you might guess.
"Despite outrage over George Bush's limited ability to wiretap into American phone calls, Obama wants to take it a step further and be able to monitor every single form of communication any American citizen uses.
The same kind of authority the government has to wiretap into phone calls could be coming to Facebook, instant messaging, and every American's browser history, thanks to a push from the Obama administration.
The White House plans to introduce a bill into Congress next year that would give Obama the ability to tap into literally every communication any citizen makes online."
The New York Times is a little faster.
U.S. Wants to Make It Easier to Wiretap the Internet
"Essentially, officials want Congress to require all services that enable communications — including encrypted e-mail transmitters like BlackBerry, social networking Web sites like Facebook and software that allows direct “peer to peer” messaging like Skype — to be technically capable of complying if served with a wiretap order. The mandate would include being able to intercept and unscramble encrypted messages.
The bill, which the Obama administration plans to submit to lawmakers next year, raises fresh questions about how to balance security needs with protecting privacy and fostering innovation. And because security services around the world face the same problem, it could set an example that is copied globally."
And people were woried that Amazon could track what books you were reading.
