Has AT&T Lost Its Mind?

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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Subject: Has AT&T Lost Its Mind?

http://www.slate.com/id/2182152/


“Chances are that as you read this article, it is passing over part of AT&T's network. That matters, because last week 
AT&T announced<http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/08/att-and-other-isps-may-be-getting-ready-to-filter/> that it is 
seriously considering plans to examine all the traffic it carries for potential violations of U.S. intellectual 
property laws. The prospect of AT&T, already accused of spying on our telephone 
calls<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/13/us/nationalspecial3/13nsa.html>, now scanning every e-mail and download for 
outlawed content is way too totalitarian for my tastes.”
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