Gonzales Pressures ISPs on Data Retention

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Gregory Hicks <ghicks () well com>
Date: May 27, 2006 2:40:29 AM EDT
To: dave () farber net, ip () v2 listbox com
Cc: ghicks () cadence com
Subject: Gonzales Pressures ISPs on Data Retention
Reply-To: Gregory Hicks <ghicks () well com>

Dave:

For IP if you wish.

Not only will this "...help in prosecutions of child pornography..."
but it will help the Gov't to track what each of us does.  Should I
worry?  I don't like the idea of ANYONE keeping track of what I do.
And who knows what future administrations are going to be looking for?

The powers-that-be have stated, more than once, that since we get
billed for 'some activity' that we really have no expectations of
privacy for that 'activity' (phone calls, email, internet usage).  And
that "business records" are available for the asking without court
oversight.

This quote of Mike Godwin's is really timely:

"I worry about my child and the Internet all the time, even though
she's too young to have logged on yet.  Here's what I worry about.  I
worry that 10 or 15 years from now, she will come to me and say 'Daddy,
where were you when they took freedom of the press away from the
Internet?'" --Mike Godwin --from the Cryptography list

Anyway, ...

Via C|Net News.

[snip]

U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and FBI Director Robert Mueller
on Friday urged telecommunications officials to record their customers'
Internet activities, CNET News.com has learned.

In a private meeting with industry representatives, Gonzales, Mueller
and other senior members of the Justice Department said Internet
service providers should retain subscriber information and network data
for two years, according to two sources familiar with the discussion
who spoke on condition of anonymity.

The closed-door meeting at the Justice Department, which Gonzales had
requested, according to the sources, comes as the idea of legally
mandated data retention has become popular on Capitol Hill and inside
the Bush administration. Supporters of the idea say it will help
prosecutions of child pornography because in many cases, logs are
deleted during the routine course of business.

[snip]

More here:
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6077654.html

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