Internet Privacy Alert

I am about ready to stop...its become so hum drum...however...this whole thing could be a move to push people into the shadows and keep them from speaking out against the draconian government we are living under.

Where is the tea party, patriot, militia, and religious rights objections over this, if a democrat did this they is be rightfully upset but look its a republican idea so it be okay. I said it once I said it a thousand times these people are hypocrites..

They probably have the access to that information already and already look at it. I was visiting my mom's house and comcast called and said there was a spike in the internet usage from my IP and what sites I was on.

lol you thought me and glenn beck were crazy when we told you watch that google, that they were collecting all kinds of information they dont need and that its okay because they tell you, you can "opt out" lol, ignored me when i told you the german government was so concerned about google chrome they came up with there own version to avoid all the data being saved by google.

so i told you, then glenn beck told you , then julian assange now progressive hiv, if there was this kinda unity in washington the debt limit would've been raised weeks ago.

I'm calling you people who oppose the corporatocracy but give an exemption to google because al gore is on the board.

you are hypocrites, we tell you to watch out for situations where people can save your information like that and you say i got nothing to hide go put on your tinfoil hat.

Well the chickens have come home to roost have they not?

You too can have free speech. For only $19.99 plus shipping and handling you can have private discussions with anyone that also participates. But if you act now we will withhold not only your name but your your address as well, Exposing to the world only your birth date, social security number, and your
neighbors address. Operators are standing by. Call now 1-800-New corp. As for James Murdock

This is really much ado about nothing right now. However, in the hands of corrupt politicians reaching high office such as the Bush administration or any version thereof. The collection of such information does however, aid law enforcement in combating those who unscrupulously pray on Americans

I do believe in spooks.

THere is a web site that allows you to surf anonomysly.
The web site, for those who want it is, www.torproject.org.
I use it all the time and it is a great program that is for the price of, (its free), Amazing. You have to beat them at their own game.

Good article on ways to protect yourself on the interwebs

"Best Free Anonymous Surfing Service"

http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-anonymous-surfing-service.htm

I've said for years they won't be happy till they know how many times a day you spank your self.... guess they'll find out....

The fascists are on the move.

they are already doing this.This was ensured after the 911 incident. homeland security legislation sewed that up long ago

We are going to lose what few rights we have left real soon. We should not have to worry about our Government tracking us like criminals. everytime we log onto the computer. I can do without this fancy toy but I know others that can't they do all their work online. I say it is time to let our voices be heard.

Bloody hell my dog just stole my sandwich while I was typing!

Right on anyway! No free internet, no internet!

I wish the TEA party would stay the Fok out of my country. It's pretty crap watching the sabotage of a so called democratic process when some people don't get their way, but when "wreck everything politics" starts being exported to other countries, it's more than a little bit shit.

I'd point out that News Corp is well protected in Australia. The News Limited arm is going to inquire into itself. No objections from the right wing Australian Liberal/National coalition party. In fact the Liberal/National leader Tony Abbott spoke out against any inquiry and then claimed to be in favour of "free speech".
Pretty rich comments when reflecting on the government Tony Abbott was part of under John Howard. The John Howard government initiated an inquiry into the publicly owned Australian Broadcasting Corporation when it engaged in reporting into government activities. The use of ASIO (Australian CIA) was pretty bloody liberal, that's for sure. The current Australia Labour Government is pretty bloody toothless on the issue.

It's about time we pissed off all these old bastards and put school children in their place. No doubt the younger generation could conduct themselves with dignity and a little more honesty then some of the old farts rusting away under the cobwebs. I've no idea how long it would take to corrupt them, but then again young people have ideals and passion, they've not yet become cowards and butt lickers!

Excuse me while I fanaticise over kicking some well deserving arse!

Looks to me like we all need to start investigating the tech the Chinese us to trump their governmental spying and censorship over their internet and start employing it ourselves. Mask your IP and incript any finacial transactions you make over the internet.

Let's just go all professional-Republican-politician on em (internet businesses):

We stop buying from them (cut off their funding), then send lots of hate mail and do interviews proclaiming what bad managers they all are for losing so much value in their stock price. All the while, we have shorted their stock before the boycott so we can make lots of money when their stock price plummets.

The only problem is, if we're going to really get *all-up-in-their-face* professional-Republican-politician on em, we gotta figure out a way to steal their money and run their bills up beforehand, so when we stop buying their goods, they are already in a world of hurt. And naturally, we do not pay for the items we purchased.

That should do it.

Oh, then we could offer to loan them some money (our profits from short selling their stock) at a very high rate (since their credit rating had been destroyed by us already) for ownership of their company.

Mr Cantor would be so proud.

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Not sure what just came over me, but I couldn't resist.

This is a great idea (the letter), Progressiv. And thank you kindly for sharing this info. This kind of thing really chaps my hind quarters.

Amen to that, and it won't just be Amazon that feels it. I totally agree with this, if our government wants to behave like assholes, we can certainly opt out of their smarmy little schemes. I'm damn sick and tired of being marketed to, no matter what I do. Hell, most of us don't need half the crap we buy, and I would rather support local business anyway.

much better view of the fabulous artwork in the background this time....luv it!

still luv your mug too Prog ;-)

I am with you.

Let's do it people!
This site congregates like minded folks...let's get something started in our respective cities...may be we could give 'current TV ' some free advertisement to get others supporting this cause ....we can only win in numbers!

Does anybody now see finally after I have been saying this country has turned into a Fascist state for years. Corporations are Fascists entity's, plain and simple even when you work for one there is no DEMOCRACY in the work place! And the ass-hole Union bashers that come here have helped that situation along to what it is today. At least when your in a union you have some sort of a Democracy in the work place. They have been the shots over most workers in this country for decades, and now they have total power do yah think it will get better?

thanks for heads up.

this requires ISPs to store customers’ names, phone numbers, credit card numbers, bank account numbers and temporarily assigned IP addresses for 1 year..."

Unfortunately, cable and cell phone companies already require a credit check and a driver's license, because for some reason they consider themselves a public utility.

Does this mean then, these corporations are now police officers as well. And if one doesn't have any of the four they can't access the internet.

Considering that all levels of government use the internet to demonstrate transparency, then the mere operation of this law has the effect of discriminating based on one's economic status.

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Once again, the Republican Taliban has proven their desire for a totalitarian oligarchy. By the way, we are well underway to ruining the internet. Remember Al Franken and his fight save net neutrality? That fight was lost, so now I wait to see the effects. Will we continue to be free to surf the web as we see fit, mostly free of charge, or will the idea of paying for Apps come to the web as well?

These are the kind of laws that are truely dangerous. it is not as though this government or any equaly powerful organization cannot already aquire any of this information about anyone of us without so much as a whimper of objection. its when Laws are passed that alow this ill gotten information to be legaly used against us individuals that there is a real breach of privacy. the right to privacy is not writen into the declaration of independance or our constitution though it is implcit in its overall structure. To me this is acknowlagement by our founders that the right to privacy is imposible to enforce, but we can come close by not alowing through law "private information not obtained under the strictest of conditions from being used against the citizens in proportion to their government or equaly influincial organization in our courts" this practice levels the legal playing feild for the average citizen regardless of their finacial influance and resource. This legislative attempt must be stopped in its tracks.

That is the best argument some one can make, "stop this or it will cost you more money than you care to loose." its the only thing this copratocracy understands, Profit margins.

It makes you want to see more Guy Faukes masks.

This is another invasion of privacy. Thanks Progresshiv for getting the word out. This is just more of our freedoms being taken away. Welcome to the Police State.

Thanks for the heads up !

http://www.nydailynews.com/tech_guide/2011/07/29/2011-07-29_house_panel_approves.../politics

This is their first step in killing free speech on the Internet. And again, look at the title of the bill (The Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act of 2011) which has no bearing on what it does. It should have been titled HR 1984. Don't they realize that anyone now intent on doing something will only circumvent the Internet? Unconstitutional and unAmerican. Thanks for the heads up.

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"Conspiracy theorists and digital rights activists, check your calendars.

Do they say 1984?

The U.S. House Judiciary Committee approved a bill Thursday that would require Internet service providers to keep a record of their customers’ web activity for 12 months.

H.R. 1981 – The Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act of 2011 – was approved on a 19 to 10 vote, despite serious privacy concerns voiced from both sides of the aisle and privacy activists.

Rep. John Conyers of Michigan, the senior Democrat on the House panel, called the bill “mislabeled,” according the CNET.

“This is not protecting children from Internet pornography,” Conyers said. “It’s creating a database for everybody in this country for a lot of other purposes.”

Rep. James Sensenbrenner, a Wisconsin Republican, previously criticized the bill, saying, “It can be amended, but I don’t think it can be fixed. … It poses numerous risks that well outweigh any benefits, and I’m not convinced it will contribute in a significant way to protecting children.”

Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Tex.) who sponsored the bill, said not enacting it “would keep our law enforcement officials in the dark ages.”

A late rewrite of the bill reportedly requires ISPs to store customers’ names, phone numbers, credit card numbers, bank account numbers and temporarily assigned IP addresses for 1 year. The panel rejected an amendment clarifying that only IP addresses be retained by a 7 to 16 vote.

Supporters hope that the information will help police carry out investigations.

Democratic opposition leader Rep. Zoe Lofgren of California argued that because the bill only applies to “commercial” ISPs, criminals could skirt the legislation by using the Internet “anonymously” at Web cafes and libraries.

Senior Staff Attorney Kevin Bankston for the digital rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation called the bill “un-American” in a statement.

“Such a scheme would be as objectionable to our founders as the requiring of licenses for printing presses or the banning of anonymous pamphlets,” Bankston said."
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They will do anything and everything legal and illegal, anti-american, unconstitutional ----- anything they possibly can to prevent the masses from gettig ahold of information that is not provided by the GOP sound machine.

I do have to respond a bit more now. I think they are all ready doing it because several wks ago I responded to something on Yahoo and I had to sign in first before I could write anything. Now this has me worried.