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SameOldStory · 05-02-2010, 12:25 PM

On cnet - Shoppers who can't have secrets

"Enter the post-privacy society, where we have lost track of how many entities are tracking us. Not to mention what they are doing with our personal information, how they are storing it, whom they might be selling our dossiers to and, yes, how much money they are making from them."

If we buy anything on the internet it leaves a record. Even if we use PayPal it leaves a record.

We can't know who or what is watching us.

ISPs must help police snoop on internet under new bill

"One bill, announced by Van Loan, would require telecommunications and internet service providers to:

•Install and maintain "intercept-capable" equipment on their networks.
•Provide police with "timely access" to personal information about subscribers, including names, address and internet addresses, without the need for a warrant."

The Investigative Powers for the 21st Century (IP21C) Act

"The proposed amendments to the Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Act would widen the scope of assistance that Canada could provide to its treaty partners in fighting serious crimes, including computer and computer-related crime, at an international level"

Have you downloaded any copyrighted books from that .ru site? Have you used the internet to talk to anybody about how to remove drm? Did you download "Gone With The Wind" from Project Gutenberg Australia? No copyright there for Gone With The Wind. But if you're in the US or Canada then you are a cyber criminal.

This place even has a fictitious address for me that was used by people setting up credit card fraud 20 years ago.

If I can get on the internet and find out about you just think what a company, employer, or the government can do.

I may want some privacy but the only way to get it is to live off squirrels deep in the woods.

Does anyone think that privacy is attainable any more?

I can just see a book about someone trying to “disappear” by creating an assumed name. Only to find that the made up name has a really bad “past”.

05-02-2010, 12:25 PM	#1
SameOldStory My True Self Posts: 3,126 Karma: 66242098 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Trantor, Galactic Center Device: Galaxy Tab 2 7.0	Shoppers who can't have secrets. On cnet - Shoppers who can't have secrets "Enter the post-privacy society, where we have lost track of how many entities are tracking us. Not to mention what they are doing with our personal information, how they are storing it, whom they might be selling our dossiers to and, yes, how much money they are making from them." If we buy anything on the internet it leaves a record. Even if we use PayPal it leaves a record. We can't know who or what is watching us. ISPs must help police snoop on internet under new bill "One bill, announced by Van Loan, would require telecommunications and internet service providers to: •Install and maintain "intercept-capable" equipment on their networks. •Provide police with "timely access" to personal information about subscribers, including names, address and internet addresses, without the need for a warrant." The Investigative Powers for the 21st Century (IP21C) Act "The proposed amendments to the Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Act would widen the scope of assistance that Canada could provide to its treaty partners in fighting serious crimes, including computer and computer-related crime, at an international level" Have you downloaded any copyrighted books from that .ru site? Have you used the internet to talk to anybody about how to remove drm? Did you download "Gone With The Wind" from Project Gutenberg Australia? No copyright there for Gone With The Wind. But if you're in the US or Canada then you are a cyber criminal. This place even has a fictitious address for me that was used by people setting up credit card fraud 20 years ago. If I can get on the internet and find out about you just think what a company, employer, or the government can do. I may want some privacy but the only way to get it is to live off squirrels deep in the woods. Does anyone think that privacy is attainable any more? I can just see a book about someone trying to “disappear” by creating an assumed name. Only to find that the made up name has a really bad “past”.