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Title: GOP: ISPs, Wi-Fi Must Keep Logs For Police
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Published: Feb 20, 2009
Author: CNET/ CBS
Post Date: 2009-02-20 11:28:54 by Brian S
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Proposed Data Retention Law Covers All Internet Providers, Even Your Home Wi-Fi Access, To Combat Child Porn (CNET) Republican politicians on Thursday called for a sweeping new federal law that would require all Internet providers and operators of millions of Wi-Fi access points - even hotels, local coffee shops and home users - to keep records about users for two years to aid police investigations. The legislation, which echoes a measure proposed by one of their Democratic colleagues three years ago, would impose unprecedented data retention requirements on a broad swath of Internet access providers and is certain to draw fire from businesses and privacy advocates. "While the Internet has generated many positive changes in the way we communicate and do business, its limitless nature offers anonymity that has opened the door to criminals looking to harm innocent children," U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, a Texas Republican, said at a press conference on Thursday. "Keeping our children safe requires cooperation on the local, state, federal, and family level." Joining Cornyn was Texas Rep. Lamar Smith, the senior Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, and Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, who said such a measure would let "law enforcement stay ahead of the criminals." Two bills have been introduced so far - S.436 in the Senate and H.R.1076 in the House. Each of the companion bills is titled "Internet Stopping Adults Facilitating the Exploitation of Today's Youth Act," or Internet Safety Act. Each contains the same language: "A provider of an electronic communication service or remote computing service shall retain for a period of at least two years all records or other information pertaining to the identity of a user of a temporarily assigned network address the service assigns to that user." Translated, the Internet Safety Act applies not just to AT&T, Comcast, Verizon, and so on, but also to the tens of millions of homes with Wi-Fi access points or wired routers that use the standard method of dynamically assigning temporary addresses. (That method is called Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, or DHCP.) "Everyone has to keep such information," says Albert Gidari, a partner at the Perkins Coie law firm in Seattle who specializes in this area of electronic privacy law. The legal definition of electronic communication service is "any service which provides to users thereof the ability to send or receive wire or electronic communications." The U.S. Justice Department's position is that any service "that provides others with means of communicating electronically" qualifies. That sweeps in not just public Wi-Fi access points, but password-protected ones too, and applies to individuals, small businesses, large corporations, libraries, schools, universities, and even government agencies. Voice over IP services may be covered, too. Under the Internet Safety Act, all of those would have to keep logs for at least two years. It "covers every employer that uses DHCP for its network," Gidari said. "It covers Aircell on airplanes - those little pico cells will have to store a lot of data for those in-the-air Internet users." In the Bush administration, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales had called for a very similar proposal, saying that subscriber information and network data should be logged for two years. Until Gonzales' remarks in 2006, the Bush administration had generally opposed laws requiring data retention, saying it had "serious reservations" about them. But after the European Parliament approved such a requirement for Internet, telephone and VoIP providers, top administration officials began talking about the practice more favorably. After Gonzales left the Justice Department, the political will for data retention legislation seemed to ebb for a time, but then FBI Director Robert Mueller resumed lobbying efforts last spring. This tends to be a bipartisan sentiment: Attorney General Eric Holder, a Democrat, said in 1999 that "certain data must be retained by ISPs for reasonable periods of time so that it can be accessible to law enforcement." Rep. John Conyers, the Democratic chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said that FBI proposals for data retention legislation "would be most welcome." Smith, who sponsored the House version of the Internet Safety Act, had previously introduced a one-year requirement as part of a law-and-order agenda in 2007. A 1996 federal law called the Electronic Communication Transactional Records Act regulates data preservation. It requires Internet providers to retain any "record" in their possession for 90 days "upon the request of a governmental entity." Because Internet addresses remain a relatively scarce commodity, ISPs tend to allocate them to customers from a pool based on whether a computer is in use at the time. (Two standard techniques used are the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol and Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet.) In addition, Internet providers are required by another federal law to report child pornography sightings to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which is in turn charged with forwarding that report to the appropriate police agency. The Internet Safety Act is broader than just data retention. Other portions add criminal penalties to other child pornography-related offenses, increase penalties for sexual exploitation of minors, and give the FBI an extra $30 million for the "Innocent Images National Initiative."
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#1. To: Brian S (#0)
If they want it, the government should have to pay for it.
For the children... right.
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just more control-freak nonsense. the following has been circulating the web, although it looks almost like a bad parody and i don't know if howard dean actually posted it at the 'obama forum': ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.theobamaforum.com/showthread.php?t=1808 The Obama Forum > GRASSROOTS CENTRAL ~ YES WE CAN! > OBAMA NATION WATCH ~ Keeping an eye on our enemies Websites that must be banned! (brainstorm) OBAMA NATION WATCH ~ Keeping an eye on our enemies Use this forum to report traitors, dissenter's and others who are a danger to the Obama Nation. #1 02-05-2009, 04:31 AM Howard Dean Obamatologist Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: The scream box Age: 60 Posts: 105 Rep Power: 12 Websites that must be banned! (brainstorm) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alright let's get the ball rolling. We must make the internet more "Obama" friendly, there are a whole bunch of conservatard sites that criticize our president. I have been assured by Sec of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano that she will take steps to make the internet more friendly but she needs sites that should be banned. Please brainstorm here Sincerely, Howard Dean M.D. (Get the ball rolling here are some sites www.gop.org <---Opposing party www.redstate.com <---Conservatard watering hole www.freerepublic.com <---See redstate.com www.mccain.senate.gov <---Ran against Obama and attacking him now. www.sarahpac.com <---Sarah "Carabou Barbie" Palin's "Political Action Committee." __________________ 2004 was sure fun for me... Howard Dean View Public Profile Send a private message to Howard Dean Visit Howard Dean's homepage! Find all posts by Howard Dean #2 02-05-2009, 07:40 AM True Liberal Obamatologist Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: US(S)A Age: 23 Posts: 334 Rep Power: 4 Re: Websites that must be banned! 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FEMAGUARD View Public Profile Send a private message to FEMAGUARD Find all posts by FEMAGUARD #4 02-05-2009, 03:13 PM BergBuilder Obamatologist Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 573 Rep Power: 16 Re: Websites that must be banned! (brainstorm) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- They're trying to ruin a whole state. Listen to their "Statement of Intent". "I hereby state my solemn intent to move to the state of New Hampshire. Once there, I will exert the fullest practical effort toward the creation of a society in which the maximum role of civil government is the protection of life, liberty, and property." __________________ Things are going to change I can feel it. BergBuilder View Public Profile Send a private message to BergBuilder Find all posts by BergBuilder #5 02-05-2009, 03:52 PM John Gadsden Obamatologist Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Berkeley Posts: 303 Rep Power: 4 Re: Websites that must be banned! 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(brainstorm) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.rense.com www.projectcamelot.com www.informationliberation.com Once we compile our list and submit it to the ADL, how long before we can expect some results? __________________ Stylin' and Profilin' for my babay Obama '08 Iceberg View Public Profile Send a private message to Iceberg Find all posts by Iceberg #7 02-05-2009, 08:23 PM SickleandHammer Obamatologist Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Illinois Age: 91 Posts: 391 Rep Power: 4 Re: Websites that must be banned! (brainstorm) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The government should censor the entire Internet. Only information constructive to the cause of the people and progress should be permitted. __________________ Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas. ~ Stalin SickleandHammer View Public Profile Send a private message to SickleandHammer Find all posts by SickleandHammer #8 02-05-2009, 08:39 PM The Colonel Obamatologist Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 535 Rep Power: 6 Re: Websites that must be banned! (brainstorm) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote: Originally Posted by SickleandHammer The government should censor the entire Internet. Only information constructive to the cause of the people and progress should be permitted. Second! __________________ Thanks for supporting Barack Obama...kfccoupons.cre8.com /index.php...om_kfc_coupons The Colonel View Public Profile Send a private message to The Colonel Find all posts by The Colonel #9 02-05-2009, 11:25 PM jud Obamatologist Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 42 Rep Power: 0 Re: Websites that must be banned! (brainstorm) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You all are everything I was taught to fear. We just want to be free enough to succede or fail by our own merit, we do not want to be controlled to the degree the left wants. I am satisfied with liberals in the urban areas and conservatives in rural areas, anyone should be able to live his life while not hindering others.....in the America I was raised to believe in. I know you will not be victorious when the smoke clears............i just rather not be forced to invoke my God given right to defend my home and country, can we not debate this with reason? Can we not find common ground? I do not want to see my brothers fight against each other.....was there ever a GOOD war? If you all push this mindless blather into reality, so many lives will be lost and/or ruined. 50,000,000 did not vote for Obama, including most of the armed forces. We have great numbers and have been preparing for a worst case scenerio.....most of you are just useful idiots.....the NeoMarxists are manipulating you right into place!!! Have you never read Antonio Gramsci? The marxist cowards will send their sheeple to battle .......this is very very bad. jud View Public Profile Send a private message to jud Find all posts by jud
Glory to God in the highest, and Peace to His people on Earth. Jesus how much more must Liberty be gang raped before someone wraps a rope around her rapist's necks????????????????? AmeriKa is dead. Expatriate or die with her.
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition You think the people of this country exist to provide you with position. I think your position exists to provide those people with freedom.~~William Wallace ALAS, BABYLON
Pass a law that prevents US senators and congressman from using the internet and you will cut out about 85% of the kiddie porn traffic.
Make awkward sexual advances, not war. That is what they say. That is what they always say when they do evil because the public buys into it. I am convinced you can fool most of people from cradle to grave for generations.
"...as long as there..remain active enemies of the Christian church, we may hope to become Master of the World...the future Jewish King will never reign in the world before Christianity is overthrown - B'nai B'rith speech http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/luther.htm / http://bible.cc/psalms/83-4.htm
Is she still breathing ... there you have it.
If a thousand men were not to pay their tax bills this year, that would not be a violent and bloody measure, as it would be to pay them, and enable the State to commit violence and shed innocent blood. Henry David Thoreau - 1849
#2. To: Brian S (#0)
Two bills have been introduced so far - S.436 in the Senate and H.R.1076 in the House. Each of the companion bills is titled "Internet Stopping Adults Facilitating the Exploitation of Today's Youth Act," or Internet Safety Act.
#3. To: Brian S (#0)
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"I don't know where Bin Laden is. I truly am not that concerned about him"
George W, Bush, 3/13/02 http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2002/03/20020313-8.html
#4. To: Brian S, PSUSA.ROTARA, NOONE222 (#0)
"Corporation: An entity created for the legal protection of its human parasites, whose sole purpose is profit and self-perpetuation." ~~ IndieTx
#5. To: Brian S (#0)
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#6. To: PSUSA (#2)
For the children... right.
#7. To: Brian S (#0)
ISPs, Wi-Fi Must Keep Logs For Police
#8. To: IndieTX (#4)
Jesus how much more must Liberty be gang raped before someone wraps a rope around her rapist's necks?????????????????
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