“A direct assault on Internet users” is what the ACLU is calling it. Just before the break a House committee approved HR 1981, a broad new Internet snooping bill. They want to force Internet service providers to keep track of and retain their customers’ information — including your name, address, phone number, credit card numbers, bank account numbers, and temporarily-assigned IP addresses.
They’ve shamelessly dubbed it the “Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act,” but our staunchest allies in Congress are calling it what it is: an all-encompassing Internet snooping bill. ISPs would collect and retain your data whether or not you’re accused of a crime.
According to CNET : the “mandatory logs would be accessible to police investigating any crime and perhaps attorneys litigating civil disputes in divorce, insurance fraud, and other cases as well.”
Rep. Zoe Lofgren of California, who led Democratic opposition to the bill said, “‘It represents a data bank of every digital act by every American’ that would ‘let us find out where every single American visited Web sites.”
And you can watch our new video about the Internet Snooping Bill here.
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…having all of that info kept in one makes it a tempting target for identity thieves.
So not only is this bill not ethical, it simply is not wise.
I got your email yesterday. It seems to leave out a lot of facts (if they exist). Here’s the email I sent to a friend who was up in arms about it:
So, if you want our help, care to explain how a bill requiring the retention of IP addresses somehow hands people your credit card number?
I agree it’s a mess of a bill–I like to think if I were in the unenviable position of casting a vote on it, I’d oppose it no matter how good “voted against protecting children from pornographers” would look on oppo mailers. But I don’t see where it does what you say it does. I wouldn’t be surprised if it did, with the current Congress. But please educate me by explaining what language of the bill mandates the retention of the data you claim would be held.
Patriot act, clean skies, healthy forests…
I was outraged when I saw this, then I read your post and was more outraged over Demand’s lack of information.
I’m starting to get cynical about signing petitions because of tactics like these. I don’t always have the time to research every single issue there’s a petition circulating for, so I try to limit myself to groups I am already knowledgable about (i.e. Think Progress, NARAL, DNC, etc) but wonder how many causes I miss out on because of it.
Anyway, I hope they get back to you with answers to your questions. And thanks for your attention to detail!!
You rock.
There’s so much in the world that’s worth being hysterical over–why make stuff up? I don’t understand it. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence and it annoys me that they didn’t even try to provide any.