Here’s a story that brings to mind the phrase “WHAT THE FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU”
From ZDNet:
Last Thursday the U.S. House of Representatives’ judiciary committee passed a bill that makes the online activity of every American available to police and attorneys upon request under the guise of protecting children from pornography.
The Republican-majority sponsored bill is called the Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011.
It has nothing to do with pornography, and was opposed by over 30 civil liberties and consumer advocacy organizations, as well as one brave indie ISP that is urging its customers to do everything they can to protest the invasion of privacy.
It appears that one way or another privacy in the US is a dead issue. Beaten into submission under the guise of protecting kids.
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