Jim Harper
Jim Harper
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What we're seeing is just the start of a trend in which government prosecutors will use (Internet) search results in criminal investigations.
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All the people who thought that Europe was a haven of privacy need to think again. Europe is making great strides toward building a corporate-government surveillance axis with this mandate. This untargeted, general warrant to search the population is probably appealing to law enforcement interests.
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It's a classic mission-creep situation. These guys are playing a great law and order game . . . and in the process creating a database that could be converted into something quite dangerous.
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Having a national ID would promote a surveillance society that we should all dread.
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The camel's nose may be smaller, but it's still sneaking under the tent.
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They should definitely abide by their privacy policies. The irony is rich.
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Criminals don't realize that when they have a single piece of mail that's stolen, they can get sentenced up to five years in prison--and up to 250 thousand dollar fine. And that's pretty serious.
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The common idea that the cost of data storage is rapidly becoming zero is plainly wrong when you are talking about terabytes of data. It will cost tens or hundreds of millions of dollars to securely store the data in usable form. Europeans will end up paying a great deal more for communications so their privacy can be undone.
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The place to control what is displayed on a home computer screen is in the home. It's up to parents -- not the government -- to control what kids see online.