Friday, July 01, 2005

Mandatory Data Retention

Annalee Newitz explains why those three words should give you chills. The Department of Justice started by regulating porn, a move that went pretty much unchallenged. Next they want to focus on every single individual's online activity. Could our eagerness to bring the Web into our homes have also been an unwitting open invitation for Big Brother to come squat, too? Just askin'.

(Via Clayton Cubitt)

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