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wwwebsurfer
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"Government could reap a wealth of information from its citizens

Every day millions across the country navigate to government webpages, to read pertinent information. Since 2000 that access has been safeguarded, thanks to a prohibition on government websites using cookies or other tracking technology to track users. Agency exceptions could only be granted under cases of "compelling need".

Now the Obama administration is looking to overturn that prohibition and potentially begin harvesting a wealth of data on its citizen's activities.
Under the plan, the prohibition would be replaced with a set of privacy provisions. Aides say that it would increase government transparency and "increase public involvement".

The measure, though, has many opponents. The American Civil Liberties Union spokesman Michael Macleod-Ball commented that the measure would "allow the mass collection of personal information of every user of a federal government website."

Other opponents dislike that the government may be looking to revoke the protections at the request of search-engine giant Google and other parties. The Electronic Privacy Information Center and Electronic Frontier Foundation, both of which oppose the measure, pointed to a February 19 contract with Google and an unnamed federal agency over an exemption to use the YouTube player.

EPIC retrieved the proposed changes, negotiated by the General Services Administration, through a Freedom of Information Act request and says they "expressly waive those rules or guidelines as they may apply to Google." States EPIC Executive Director Marc Rotenberg, "Our primary concern is that the GSA has failed to protect the privacy rights of U.S. citizens. The expectation is they should be complying with the government regulations, not that the government should change its regulations to accommodate these companies."

Currently, government content is banned from having tracking cookies, but third-party content, such as YouTube videos on federal websites may have tracking cookies. Google spokeswoman Christine Chen declined to discuss the new rules, but thanked the government for its use of YouTube, stating, "[The use of YouTube] is just one example of how government and citizens communicate more effectively online, and we are proud of having worked closely with the White House to provide privacy protections for users.""





[Edited on August 14, 2009 at 5:44 PM. Reason : bold for u]

8/14/2009 5:43:50 PM

BigHitSunday
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8/14/2009 5:44:52 PM

fredbot3000
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does the government really scare you more than corporations do?

8/14/2009 5:49:34 PM

moron
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Cookies are NOT inherently a tracking technology, they are a data storage technology. They are a pretty integral part of the web too, and practically every website you visit uses them copiously (check your cookies if you don't believe me...).

And on the rare occasion you probably ever visit a government website, if you're worried, just disable cookies.

8/14/2009 5:53:54 PM

j_sun
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^^what's the difference? the government serves the corporations way more than they serve the people.

8/14/2009 5:54:34 PM

BigMan157
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i hear tinfoil hats protect against cookies

you should look into those

8/14/2009 5:55:17 PM

joe_schmoe
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who is this fucking idiot who made this thread?

he sounds just those old bumfuckers from the country forwarding emails.

8/14/2009 6:04:02 PM

RSXTypeS
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I hear milk will help protect you against cookies.

8/14/2009 6:04:56 PM

PimpinHonda
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THIS JUST IN:

Obama to nominate Cookie Monster as Secretary of the Internet!!!"

[Edited on August 14, 2009 at 6:34 PM. Reason : b]

8/14/2009 6:34:42 PM

AstralAdvent
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Think of all the gasoline we will save

I'm AstralAdvent and i approved this message.

8/14/2009 6:39:39 PM

ncsuallday
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big brother is watching you

8/14/2009 6:48:55 PM

OgreWillYO
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I love cookies, especially oatmeal raisin cookies.

8/14/2009 6:56:13 PM

ambrosia1231
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"THIS JUST IN:

Obama to nominate Cookie Monster as Secretary of the Internet!!!""

K, I laughed.

Partially because I can see Ted Stevens saying something like that

8/14/2009 6:57:17 PM

Fermat
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im starting to believe that the tinfoil hat wearers will be the only ones who'll be without barcodes on their necks.
thats the cool thing about baby steps, no matter where they're headed you can vilify anyone who has a problem with it

8/14/2009 7:03:16 PM

evan
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"i hear tinfoil hats protect against cookies

you should look into those"

8/14/2009 7:03:47 PM

punchmonk
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"im starting to believe that the tinfoil hat wearers will be the only ones who'll be without barcodes on their necks.
thats the cool thing about baby steps, no matter where they're headed you can vilify anyone who has a problem with it"


silly Fermat, didn't you watch minority report? It is all about the retina scans.

8/14/2009 7:05:09 PM

marko
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if you have a gmail account, they already own your grandchildren

BUT I'M SO PARANOID I DECIDED NOT TO HAVE ANY!!!!1111

8/14/2009 7:05:55 PM

synapse
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"who is this fucking idiot who made this thread?

he sounds just those old bumfuckers from the country forwarding emails."



Quote :
"i hear tinfoil hats protect against cookies

you should look into those"




not only is this a complete failure of a thread, but it just goes to show how ignorant and partisan some people are when it comes to politics.

you can take a perfectly logical, reasonable, all around nice person (giving OP benefit of the doubt), and throw some political discourse into the mix and they throw all that shit out the window and become little hate machines guided solely by ideology. [/rant]

8/14/2009 7:09:09 PM

Fermat
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i liked that movie

but they use face scanner cameras on the street corners in england, so we're both sorta wrong.

we're painting the same picture though. (with naked ladies)

8/14/2009 7:11:09 PM

WillemJoel
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OMG STEALIN MY FROIDEUMS

seriously guys. this didn't scare me w/ Bush, and it doesn't scare me now. my god, you people. unless you're emailing buddies about building bombs and shit, i REALLY wouldn't sweat it.

8/14/2009 8:07:20 PM

jackleg
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what scares me is that welfare and food stamp benefits went up like 33% and got extended by like 500% in length. i see a lot of this first hand in the human services/non profit sector. not to mention all the vouchers for free light bill, water bill, power bill, clothes, computers, etc etc etc

as soon as the insurance is free i swear to god im quitting my job and retiring on welfare and section 8

8/14/2009 8:09:06 PM

Fry
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Obama to nominate Cookie Monster as SecretaryCzar of the Internet!!!

8/14/2009 8:19:42 PM

j_sun
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"didn't you watch minority report? It is all about the retina scans."


you know that homeland security is actually developing pre-crime software called F.A.S.T. (Future Attribute Screening Technology), so yeah, that's straight out of minority report right there.

this project was originally called "Project Hostile Intent", but they decided to give it a more unassuming name to get away with it easier.

8/14/2009 9:13:17 PM

Fermat
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lol did you see the latest news where police departments are running in high gear running full investigations over posters that are mean to obama

where is the fruitcake outrage at that? it bothered me when it was just rumored that city governments were trying to underhandedly stifle dissent, these cities are forming whole department sections for it

8/14/2009 9:38:25 PM

Skack
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DEAR OBAMA,
PLZ LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO KNOW.
I'LL TELL YOU ERRY'THING.
I'M READY TO GIVE YOU A KEY TO MY HOUSE.
LET'S TAKE THIS RELATIONSHIP TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
I THINK I LOVE YOU.
Skack

(p.s., I didn't read the thread, lol)

[Edited on August 14, 2009 at 10:53 PM. Reason : l]

8/14/2009 10:53:25 PM

Spontaneous
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Skack ftw!

8/14/2009 10:54:01 PM

Skack
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8/14/2009 10:55:17 PM

j_sun
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oh yeah, i like the new snitching program they got now too.

8/14/2009 11:01:30 PM

Spontaneous
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8/14/2009 11:02:57 PM

xvang
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"You can have whatever you want
In the hood, it's do's and don'ts
So when it get hot in this kitchen
Stop snitchin, nigga stop snitchin
"

8/14/2009 11:14:07 PM

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