Do you think it's fair or right for the government to be listening to your calls and watching everything you do on the internet?
209283
Is it fair no, but if someone was plotting another 9/11 and a family member of yours was in the place they were going to blow up, wouldnt you want them to do that.  I would rather have them monitor those things, and besides the government picks up on buzz words and phrases once that buzz phrase is said then the government can listen in.  It is not a total loss of privacy.  It is resonabile and logical, but not fair.
52828
Yeah right-- you will really get an expert opinion here.\n\nEr, I mean, yes, I am an MD.\n\nNo drug testing! Spying is not OK!\n\nI know all you youngsters out there with your drug tests and cameras in school think spying on you is normal, but it is NOT OK.\n\nEver read 1984? No? Go read it. Better yet, I'll save you some time: in the future, the government watches your every move to make sure you act the "correct" way and have the "correct" thoughts. How does this happen, I wonder? Because the people let it happen.\n\nDon't let it happen.
40542
Unless you are engaging in activity that could be construed as aiding and abetting terrorism, I think you are being overly paranoid.\n\nThe government is engaging in those activities, but it has more to do with data mining. The government has a program called Tempest that is capable of monitoring electronics within the nation, but it does not do so arbitarily. Tempest runs in the background. When certain key phrases come up (for instance, "I want to kill the President"), Tempest roars to life and signals agents that someone to watch out for has been identified.\n\nThe government does not just arbitrarily say, "I think I'm gonna listen in on Sam's conversation tonight and see what pops up." That is like finding a needle in a haystack.
190962
It is probably against the law to view these website and you could be in serious trouble. My advice is too either forget about the possiblity of seeing sites that are banned or go work in another country that allows you to read all of the news and not just part of it.
209197
As individuals we have rights. We have a right to privacy, and this include our DNA. Besides why would the government want to keep track of something so personal for everyone in the country. \n\nBesides, the government has a bad track record of cover ups and basically not playing above the board, how could they (the government)expect us (he people) to trust them with such sensitive information. As far AS I AM CONCERNED I BELIEVE THEY WOULD DO SOMETHING UNETHICAL WITH THE INFORMATION, LIKE CLONING TO BREED SOME SORT OF GOD KNOWS WHAT. THAT'S WHY THEY SHOULD NOT BE PRIVY TO EVERYTHING. ITS LIKE INVITING STRANGERS INTO YOUR BEDROOM, OR IN THIS CASE, YOUR BODY. ITS JUST NOT A GOOD IDEA!
653226
I think the whole business about privacy has gotten really stupid. There's these data brokers out there that will sell your records online, to ANYBODY, for a small fee. The Information Age brings with it a Big Problem, and lays open your average person to all sorts of things, phishing, ID theft, the whole show. On the other hand, 'follow the money' is a valid concept in catching the Bad Guys, and you'd rather have the cops have the stuff they need to catch 'em. I think it needs good oversight, and if we can 'get it in writing' that there will be such oversight, then it's at least more re-assuring in terms of abuse prevention. But, as they say, 'knowledge is power', 'power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely', and absolute knowledge...well, draw your own conclusions...I just hope they use some of that great information to nail some of these credit card companies' asses to the wall for card fraud, because they got NO business issuing cards to some people. If this administration shows some signs of going after fraudulent lenders and ID thieves, and some of these data-miners themselves, I'll have a whole lot more confidence in the whole thing. But, as long as money buys trial lawyers, companies can engage in mis-using people's data, and so could our very own government, and hide behind the courts in doing it. I think citizens deserve a whole lot more respect than we seem to be getting, and public accountability ain't a bad place to start with that...hopefully the House going to The People on the immigration issue won't be the last time we see more active solicitation of the Vote...For, By, and Of The People, is what it says, not For, By, and Of the Investment Bankers etc...
95392
I am with you all the way. One of my favorite jokes is "how can you tell if a politician is lying...Watch his lips move" The government can pretty much do as they want but let a normal American citizen try some of that stuff and watch what happens. We have no privacy and Democracy is a joke anymore...
447655
I don't think it makes me ANY more safe, but I do cherish my right to privacy.  In times of fear, drastic measures are enacted. \nWe will need to dial some aspects back.
112855
Our constitutional right to privacy was definitely negated in this situation. If the government suspects someone of having terroristic capabilities, I do not think it would be too hard for them to get a warrant to eavesdrop the legal way. Bush is just trying cover his butts, as well as other members of our government are doing likewise. There are many conspiracy theories floating around concerning Bush and a few other members of our government, I think it is time the people of this nation take our government back, too many "actors" in power with selfish intentions!
89986
Not at all.\n\nThere are millions of people screaming, "Unfair! You are violating my rights!" Yet, how many people can actually say the have been a subject of the so-called "domesticy spying" program? How many people have actually had their phones tapped and conversations recorded?\n\nFor that matter, how many people have been the subject of a Patriot Act investigation? How many have had their library records looked at? How many have had their information spread across every intelligence agency in the nation?\n\nMy point is this: The only people who are being targeted are being targeted for a REASON. The government does not just indiscriminately say, "Let's listen in on John Q. Public's conversation for sh!ts and giggles today." Uncle Sam does not just pick phone numbers at random to listen to. There is a REASON they investigate who they do. And I, for one, WANT them investigated. If they are doing no wrong, the investigation will clear them. But if they ARE doing wrong, I sure as hell hope we are doing EVERYTHING POSSIBLE to stop them. The next attack could cost hundreds of thousands of American lives.\n\n"When NSA goes after the content of a communication under this authorization from the president, the NSA has already established its reasons for being interested in that specific communication. I've said in other places this isn't a drift net over Lackawanna or Freemont or Dearborn, grabbing all communications and then sifting them out."\n\n-- Gen. Michael Hayden (Deputy Director of National Intelligence)\n\nBottom line: If your phone hasn't been tapped, your rights have not been violated. If you are not engaging in any illegal activity, chances are 99.999% that you phone hasn't been tapped.
525647
I have nothing to hide, but I do want the benefit of privacy so that I can share things with friends and family without the rest of the world knowing about them. The government has no business being involved in my sex life or knowing who I sleep with. I want to keep certain acts from being known to the general population just as a matter of respect for myself and those around me.
138009
Yes. Eventhough we have the freedom off press, the government is allowed to "regualte" our tv programs. That's where the FCC comes in.
165733
We can still write about things on the Internet, such places as this, but who is to know who is watching and reporting all that is said! It is a BIG case Of BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU!!!\nEven a police helicopter can film you close up undressing from 5 miles away and further with out you knowing. So make sure your curtains are closed!!!!
459664
Yes and that's how FBI traces those people who hacks computers. Challenge them if u would like to, i bet they'll pay u and your family a visit soon.
587460
LOL . . . I work with IT all the time.  Believe me, they can see ANYTHING you do on their network without exception.  If you don't want them to see it - don't do it on their network.\n\nI'm not just trying to stir paranoia either.  I have been on several employee appeal hearing boards where employees were terminated for internet activity.  They would come and plead their case to us and IT was there as well.  They wouldn't have to say a word.  They'd just plop down a HUGE stack of logs showing everything these people typed, sometimes keystroke by keystroke.
319740
If we talk to each other on our cell phones, it's not your phone talking directly to mine, like a radio.\n\nIt's your phone hooking into a network that is shared with my phone's network.\n\nOnce on the network, it's the same as if we were using the old wire cable.  Every call is logged (they have to bill us!) and these logs are available as they happen.\n\nComputers listen to these conversations and when a key word is spoken (Osama Bin-Laden, jihad, bombs, etc.) they have the capability to start recording and notify the Information Techs that there was a comment of note made.\n\nNow they have your number and mine.  We'll go on a special list of interest and be monitored more closely.  Our association with terrorism will be discovered and we'll be arrested.  You'll go to jail 'cause I'm gonna talk.\n\nThank you for your time.
79064
Fair use is a tricky thing, it's what large companies use to limit "unlimited" services, (like broadband access in the UK. If i have 20 mbps BB and i down load 200 GB of matiriel a month British telecome or my BB provider will very quickley disconect me even though i pay for unlimited downlads. apparently me paying extra for a servie dosent actualy entitle me to use the internet or more importantly 'Bandwidth) any more than someone else p[aying far less for a lesser package.\n\nPersonaly i think its a sham which is why i have a direct microwave link up to my local drain.\n\nStil thats fair use, its unlimited until you use it and then it suddenly contravines a fair use policy and becomes Ldtd. A big round of applause for the MAN for screwing us over in another new and inventive way!