Yep, it's called a personal computer for a reason, and I would like to keep my computers, and the personal information they contain; well, personal. Now, if the government had probable cause to suspect I was involved in anything illegal, which I am not, and went through proper channels to obtain a warrant that clearly stated what they suspected, then that is another matter.
But I don't particularly like the idea of the government collecting data from libraries about reading interests, or NSA filtering mass mountains of telephone call through it software looking for key words or phrases, or the justice department combing through medical records to see which doctors and patients have been involved in abortions; unless there is probable cause to suspect something illegal has taken place, and authorization from the legal system that adheres to rights granted via the constitution has been obtained. Otherwise, the government is keeping ordinary citizen under surveillance with fishing expedition which will eventually lead to harm of ordinary people like you and I. Regards, LelandJ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> currently under the Patriot Act the president claims he has the >> power to force ISP to maintain archives of data. He also claims he has >> the power to force entities like ISP and Google to turn over data to >> Uncle Sam for NSA analysis >> > > Hey, I probably trust the government less than you do even, Leland. I don't > trust them to take care me and all that good stuff. I also don't like them > knowing what I'm up to. Heck, I won't even get an EasyPass for the tolls > because there is a record of every time I would go through a toll booth, > time, date, etc. However, it would have been helpful for the Gmen to know > what people like Mohammud Atta were up to... wouldn't it? > > The point is that if you are going to be committing nefarious deeds using a > form of public (I know some will argue about this one) communication, then be > aware people are watching. I never send anything in a email that I don't > accept the possibility of it being read by someone other than the intended > party - either through forwarding or snooping. I'm also careful what I say > on the phone... never know who may be listening. ;-) > > Just because you are paranoid doesn't mean you don't have enemies. > > -- > Larry Miller > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > multipart/mixed > multipart/alternative > text/plain (text body -- kept) > text/html > message/rfc822 > --- > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
