[privacy] Congress May Consider Mandatory ISP Snooping

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Via C|Net News.

[snip]

Last week, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, a Republican, gave a speech saying that data retention by Internet 
service providers is an "issue that must be addressed." Child pornography investigations have been "hampered" because 
data may be routinely deleted, Gonzales warned.

Now, in a demonstration of bipartisan unity, a Democratic member of the Congressional Internet Caucus is preparing to 
introduce an amendment--perhaps during a U.S. House of Representatives floor vote next week--that would make such data 
deletion illegal.

Colorado Rep. Diana DeGette's proposal says that any Internet service that "enables users to access content" must 
permanently retain records that would permit police to identify each user. The records could not be discarded until at 
least one year after the user's account was closed.

It's not clear whether that requirement would be limited only to e-mail providers and Internet providers such as DSL 
(digital subscriber line) or cable modems. An expansive reading of DeGette's measure would require every Web site to 
retain those records. (Details would be left to the Federal Communications Commission.)

[snip]

More:
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6066608.html

I implore anyone who can to set up a Tor node.

 http://tor.eff.org/

- ferg


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