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Monday, February 12, 2007

GOP Wants to Track All Internet Communications

GOP Wants to Track All Internet Communications

GOoPer Bill Would Require ISPs to Log All Customers' Activity
we're talkin' emails, chats, !@#$%& terabytes of data:

http://www.theseminal.com/2007/02/1...emails-ims-etc/

it would require ISPs to record all users’ surfing activity, IM conversations and email traffic indefinitely.The bill, dubbed the Safety Act by sponsor Lamar Smith, a republican congressman from Texas, would impose fines and a prison term of one year on ISPs which failed to keep full records.


the bill is HR 837:

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:h.r.00837:

to quote Beck - one, two, you know what to do...please call or write your congresscritters and especially the members of the judiciary committee, where this bill is being considered.

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