Posted on 10/17/2006 10:08:05 PM PDT by Panerai
FBI Director Robert Mueller on Tuesday called on Internet service providers to record their customers' online activities, a move that anticipates a fierce debate over privacy and law enforcement in Washington next year.
"Terrorists coordinate their plans cloaked in the anonymity of the Internet, as do violent sexual predators prowling chat rooms," Mueller said in a speech at the International Association of Chiefs of Police conference in Boston.
"All too often, we find that before we can catch these offenders, Internet service providers have unwittingly deleted the very records that would help us identify these offenders and protect future victims," Mueller said. "We must find a balance between the legitimate need for privacy and law enforcement's clear need for access."
The speech to the law enforcement group, which approved a resolution on the topic earlier in the day, echoes other calls from Bush administration officials to force private firms to record information about customers. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, for instance, told Congress last month that "this is a national problem that requires federal legislation."
Justice Department officials admit privately that data retention legislation is controversial enough that there wasn't time to ease it through the U.S. Congress before politicians left to campaign for re-election. Instead, the idea is expected to surface in early 2007
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Please have your sarcasm detector serviced. My irony emitter seems to be in working order."
I knew I forgot something this week.Thanks.
Of course, because people are too stupid to read the docs and properly set up their AP's.
But if the MAC and the IPv6 is registered (and no strawman purchases allowed), then you have a small group of people to target.
Of course, the router/WiFi makers will have to start turning on basic encryption and disabling ESSID broadcast by default. And will also require the user, unlike now, to set up their AP properly, and of course with mandatory on-line registration with the proper fedgov authorities.
Give an inch...
Oh and the next thing to be outlawed; PGP or personal encryption programs. Or if allowed, then keys will have to be registered, with the fedgov having a copy, or a third key, for decrypting your communications.
... take a mile...
Not if all devices are registered. If that happens you can black list anything not in the database. Not in the database, not allowed on the net. Or, is subject to intense , unrelenting scrutiny from the second you connect. And if you try and spoof an existing address, that's already connected, red flags go up all over the place.
Trust me, it might be seemingly impossible to you now, but computers are very good at dealing with large amounts of mundane data. And they'll only get better at it; about every 18 months.
Do not let you guard down on crap like this just because you don't think it's possible.
It is a bad law; sets a bad precedent; and will open up a Pandora's box you don't want opened.
Funny. I finally found 'Wild in the Streets' on DVD and watched it a few weeks ago. You just reminded me of that movie.
Plenty would love to search homes without a warrant, too; doesn't make it a good idea.
Why not imprison the entire population, so if one turns out to be a criminal, he is already in jail!
Brilliant!
"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves." - William Pitt
The words of a tyrant
Better watch out, language like that against the government might soon be enough to have you declared an enemy combatant
Not really, all Sir Gawain has to do is add "The words of an 'INFIDEL' tyrant" and he's off the hook.
No Feeb is ever going to "dare" challenge a Muzzie.
And if that doesn't work, I suggest Sir Gawain seek sanctuary in the closest Mosque--which is a guarantee for immunity, regardless, of the offense.
Hell, he'll probably run into some FBI agents who won't do a thing as they will all be under "re-programing" and "indoctrination" control of the Muzzies/CAIR, AS A RESULT OF DIRECT ORDERS OF THAT USELESS-POS-GIRLIE-MAN-PC-A-HOLE, MUELLER, who W should FIRE now, along with Chertoff!!!
That's because, Mr. Director of Funded But Incompetent, storing log files takes disk space and disk space costs money.
I've worked for several ISPs, from mom-and-pop shops to one of the largest in the country. It is common practice to discard all logs of routers unless you are troubleshooting.
Since the 1996 Electronic Communication Transactional Records Act (thanks Bill!) most ISP's send all of their server logs directly to /dev/null, thus bypassing the law requiring them to retain logs for 90 days of any record in their possession. By not generating logs, they have nothing to retain.
If ISPs store every log file of every user packet, who is going to pay for all of that storage?
People are entitled to have an INFORMED opinion. Too bad blowhards like this can stand in front of a microphone and display their ignorance.
As a practical matter, a US Government mandate to log user activity would probably sink every ISP with less than 5000 users immediately.
For the rest, expect your ISP bill to double instantly.
visting a conservative sight?
HATE CRIME
THOUGHT CRIME
DOUBLE PLUS UNGOOD!!!!!!!!
So is picking your nose and leaving the remnants under the edge of your chair. I propose that the House take action immediately.
My Irony Emitter is malfunctioning...nobody seemed to pick up that I WAS one of those people over in the Internet Addiction thread at
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1721293/posts
Hi...my name is rlmorel...I'm a Freepaholic...:)
The soundtrack to "Wild In The Streets" produced a hit 45 back in 1968, btw! It was "Shapes of Things To Come"! "Free Lovin'" was the b-side. Hmmm......
"Child molesters are everywhere, and they can look like anyone! Obviously, the only solution to this CLEAR and PRESENT problem is to incarcerate every American over the age of 17.
Please think of the children."
An excellent idea, Wormwood. But why 17, it needs to be lower. I suggest from 13 on.
Coupled with philetus' suggestion: "We need cameras in every private abode" we can all rest soundly.
Must I use a sarcasm off tag on this post???
bookmarked for a.m.
Who outed me?
Never mind, I'll find out on my own.
It doesn't matter whether you do or not---it's going into your FBI file regardless.
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