June 2, 2006

The US government wants web surfing to be 100% trackable

According to The Register (which on this matter I find credible), the US department of justice wants to be able to track all web surfing. The reason — possibly even sincere — is to fight kiddie porn.

But many other possible uses of that data come to mind. I say again:

We need to strengthen our legal defenses against government (and private sector) use of data. Opposing the collection of data is a worthy tactic, but will only delay the inevitable. The ultimate solution has to be one that works even assuming near-infinite data collection and integration.

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Categories: Online and mobile services, Privacy, censorship, and freedom, Public policy and privacy 
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