Privacy and the Web

by Colin on June 3, 2006

I’ve often said there’s little privacy left these days, specially on the web. Dan comments over at the Center for Citizen Media Blog on a recent NYTimes article:

“It is all being couched in the guise of protecting children, of course, the refuge governments use to justify these moves. It is another — huge — step toward a pervasive surveillance society.” – Surveillance of Everything You Do

This is my favorite part from the article,

“It [Justice Department] also wants the Internet companies to retain records about whom their users exchange e-mail with, but not the contents of e-mail messages, the executives said. The executives spoke on the condition that they not be identified, because they did not want to offend the Justice Department.”

Ugh.

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