Comments on: Big Brother is Online

By: SEO

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By: TheFirstAmendment

TheFirstAmendment — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 22:34:48 +0000

I know many will disagree, but I believe in free speech. Viewing child porn does not harm children. In fact there are legitimate reasons for doing it, such as:

1> Someone who wants to make a compelling move/write a book on the subject.

2> Vigilantes who want to protect children (Eg dateline, NBC)

3> Psychologists studying the effects on children

4> Merely curious people who have no urge to hurt children but want ot exeercise their first amendment rights to free speech.

Would you like it if the government outlaed porn altother like they do in many countries? One could argue that like in the case of prostitution, these people are exploited.

How far do you want your civil liberties breached?

By: Nello Castellano

Nello Castellano — Tue, 09 May 2006 08:33:14 +0000

The interesting thought is to know HOW the government is going to use this information in order to protect the kids.

I have 2 kids and soon they will be start browsing the web and the issue is compelling but these measures are plain useless and just a show of the kind of control people want to put on the internet.

By: Rob Swanson

Rob Swanson — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 17:03:36 +0000

Honestly, I don’t care. People wouldn’t be looking at it, computers would be (same as the “wire tapping” that is all the rage). Unless certain key words took it up to analysts view, then no one would see your searches.

Do I want the authorities to know people who are looking for kiddie porn? Youbetcha!

Privacy is an illusion anyway….

By: Mordechai (Morty) Schiller

Mordechai (Morty) Schiller — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 16:32:44 +0000

Bob, I wave to surveillance cameras and say hello to wire tappers
But if really bothers you, check out http://www.anonymizer.com/

By: Stan Smith

Stan Smith — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 16:23:52 +0000

Surely there’s room here for a procedure requiring a warrant for probable cause. Such a warrant now allows police to seize a suspect’s computer, files, bank account information, and so on. So I don’t see why the government needs such a free hand to ransack Google’s records. Once given that power, an official can rationalize all sorts of needless “inquiries.”

Privacy vs. general security is always a tussle, but lately privacy has been taking it in the proboscis. We need to start drawing the line.

By: Cheryl Bigus

Cheryl Bigus — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 10:33:46 +0000

NO. It’s not the Justice Dept.’s job to “protect” children from porn. That is a parents job. It isn’t the governments business what we as citizens view on the internet, read in publications or check out of the library. What is next? They already have access to everyone’s financial records through FinCen (if they want them), and can spy and eavesdrop without a warrant. What is next? This is a fishing expedition. They should be spending their time doing more pressing things.

By: Bart

Bart — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 09:40:50 +0000

I think this is long overdue, and the government has been remiss in not taking action earlier. Such intrusiveness, however, does entail the responsibility to use the disclosures only for criminal prosecution, and to destroy any data that does not pertain to crimes. I would support firewalls, and perhaps even “in camera” judicial review of the information gathered in this way. The obvious danger is that J. Edgar Hoover wannabes will use the information for personal or political purposes.

By: Chief Light Bulb

Chief Light Bulb — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 04:13:19 +0000

I’m not sure I understand why the feds would need this - to prove that people search for porn online? If that’s what they want to know, there is a much easier way to get the data. The Feds should just get the “top 300″ report from www.wordtracker.com, a service used by search engine marketers. Porn related terms dominate the list! I used to work for Netscape, and the weekly report of top searches at Netscape.com was also dominated by porn terms.

By: TonyD

TonyD — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 02:37:05 +0000

It seems a convenient way to create the precedent to access Google’s records. Not many people are going to line up to be the first to come out on the side of child pornographers to harm children. In related news - sex offenders are being released from prison early in my state because the prison system is overloaded.