--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The [X] administration wants government to be able to read > international computer communications financial transactions, > personal e-mail and proprietary information sent abroad all in the > name of national security . . . . > > Granted, the Internet could be used to commit crimes, and advanced > encryption could disguise such activity. However, we do not provide > the government with phone jacks outside our homes for unlimited > wiretaps. Why, then, should we grant government the Orwellian > capability to listen at will and in real time to our communications > across the Web? > > The protections of the Fourth Amendment are clear. The right to > protection from unlawful searches is an indivisible American > value. . . . > > Every medium by which people communicate can be exploited by those > with illegal or immoral intentions. Nevertheless, this is no reason > to hand Big Brother the keys to unlock our e-mail diaries, open our > ATM records or translate our international communications. >
People should look up the Netgod Kibo for an example of how a single individual was able to use this potential, although merely for humerous purposes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kibo I used to have a sig: Does Kybo notice you if you misspell His Holy Name? To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
