IlarMeilyr
Liability Reincarnate!
I am a proponent of the USA PATRIOT Act and the NSA Surveillance Program.
My position has been that these things are needed, but that because they clearly do pose some threats to our interests in privacy and to some of our Constitutionally protected rights, these laws must be FULLY covered by close scrutiny (checks, balances, oversight).
As part of that, I think it is VERY important that Congress ask some at least OBVIOUS questions, like:
By WHAT claim of right or Constitutional authority can the government demand of internet providers that they reveal the PASSWORDS used by the People to use the internet? In fact, what gives them the "right" to even "ask" Microsoft (etc) to turn over such information?
Feds tell Web firms to turn over user account passwords | Politics and Law - CNET News
My position has been that these things are needed, but that because they clearly do pose some threats to our interests in privacy and to some of our Constitutionally protected rights, these laws must be FULLY covered by close scrutiny (checks, balances, oversight).
As part of that, I think it is VERY important that Congress ask some at least OBVIOUS questions, like:
By WHAT claim of right or Constitutional authority can the government demand of internet providers that they reveal the PASSWORDS used by the People to use the internet? In fact, what gives them the "right" to even "ask" Microsoft (etc) to turn over such information?
Feds tell Web firms to turn over user account passwords | Politics and Law - CNET News