Re: GOP introduces ISP tracking bill
At first glance, I oppose this bill. But a couple points...
First, to be fair, this is an issue with plenty of Democrat support as well.
From the article:
Even though both requirements are central to a Republican-led effort, neither data retention nor Web labeling are that partisan. A Senate committee approved a telecommunications bill that included Web labeling by a 15-7 vote in June. And Rep. Diana DeGette, a Colorado Democrat, has been the most vocal proponent of data retention in the entire Congress.
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Also, your point about "America collapsing" is watered down by the fact the article notes a measure in the UK requiring data retention (though not necessarily _content_).
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Lastly, exposed last year was the fact that AOL had retained search engine queries BY USERNAME! for "research purposes." They of course released a bunch of it to the public and some searches were specific enough that a few of the anonymized usernames were exposed. So even without scary politicians legislating on the topic, interenet users should consider much of their net use is not anonymous.
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