Friday, 7 August 2009
Obama wants to search personal computers
Under a veil of secrecy, Obama seeks to sign up countries worldwide to a copyright treaty, ACTA, which allows governments to search the contents of your hard drive and media devices - supposedly in the name of 'national security'. Without a warrant.
Copyright infringement has hitherto been treated as a civil matter, but now, Obama wants to criminalise it. Why? He only need cite "national security" to gain access to your personal data without requiring a warrant.
It ties in so nicely with all his other creeping fascist initiatives. I bet the EU will sign up pronto.
Government and big business are working in cohoots, robbing us of our privacy and freedoms.
Cross-posted
Copyright infringement has hitherto been treated as a civil matter, but now, Obama wants to criminalise it. Why? He only need cite "national security" to gain access to your personal data without requiring a warrant.
It ties in so nicely with all his other creeping fascist initiatives. I bet the EU will sign up pronto.
Government and big business are working in cohoots, robbing us of our privacy and freedoms.
Cross-posted
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Big Brother,
erosion of freedoms,
Fascism,
Internet,
privacy,
surveillance,
totalitarianism
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This is deeply disturbing,but I must say,I'm not that surprised by ANYTHING anymore
It's worse than you might think.
Did you know that when you log in to certain US government or quasi government sites, you agree to their terms and conditions (which most people don't read) that give them express permission to access your hard drive?
The longer the Terms and Conditions blather, the less likely it is that people will read the small print.
Government is doubtless aware of this human frailty.
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