> Heya Bill -
>
> I only have 2 observations :
>
> 1. The government of Singapore tracks everything coming and
> going through any internet connection. It's part of their
> anti-porn, anti-terrorist tracking. If the US wanted to
> replicate the process, the 'foundation' of 'what to do and
> how' is already there, and I'm certain the details of 'how'
> could be shared to the proper US officials.
And China, where US companies are helping the Chinese establish controls
over the net. Anything for money ...
> 2. I swear the Patriot Act and it's recent amendments
> already provide for the type of internet tracking you are
> talking about. There are filters that instantly track
> against a list of tag words, for web sites and email.
Let me emphasize: Step # 1: you are positively identified to gain
access, email or otherwise, and Step # 2: everything you do, email or
otherwise, is stashed in the database for 'later'. That database could
be in a mountain in Colorado, or distributed around the world, it just
has to be viewable as a whole - as we well know.
Then, when 'later' comes, and you've pissed off someone with The Power
(access), a look-see through the heap should come up with something that
can be worked with to deal with you.
It's the combination of positive ID's and stashing everything that puts
this mechanic in place. In other words, the greatest invention in all of
history gets to be turned inside out into the most repressive tool ever
invented.
> and one comment:
>
> The sites you are talking about are not based in the USA, so
> the US government won't be able to shut them down. On the
> other hand, who is tracking the traffic at the sites other
> than the site owner and it's ISP?
The only way I can think of to keep this monster from growing is
anonymous access, where traffic cannot be related back to individuals.
This is a far more ominous situation then terrorism for "free people",
but it's been buried while we're caught up in the frenzy of terrorist
fever, with paranoid warmongers fanning and stoking the fires to insure
a never-ending supply of boggeymen to keep our attention fixed on the
problem they created.
In the end, this is going to boil down to whether the majority of quiet
people who love will prevail, or whether that station will belong to
those not so disposed. Our track record isn't very encouraging, you may
have noticed.
> Have a wonderful Monday! Regards [Bill]
Aye, you also!
Bill
> --
> William Sanders / efGroup {rmv the DOT BOB to reply}
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