| With government agencies, one often has
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| | building homes? The ostensible reason
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| to try to guess what they are hiding. A
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| | would be to make sure the FBI could place
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| close look at a FCC policy document
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| | cameras and wire taps in every home to
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| released at 9 p.m. on a Friday may shock
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| | monitor and stop terrorist activities.
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| you.
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| | Surely, nobody could disagree with such a
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| Controlling Software
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| | noteworthy goal. On the other hand, how
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| The Federal Communications Commission has
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| | would you feel about having cameras in
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| issued a policy paper that sets free
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| | each room of your home?
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| speech back a few thousand years. Yep,
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| | For a counter argument, government
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| the FCC is taking the position that
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| | apologists claim that the FBI would watch
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| computer software companies must first
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| | the computer activity of only a small
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| get approval from the FBI before they
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| | number of people because the FBI doesn't
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| will be allowed to put software products
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| | have the manpower to do anything else.
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| on the market. Think about that for a
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| | This argument is so much nonsense.
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| minute and cringe.
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| | "Watching" computer activity doesn't
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| The ostensible reason for Big Brother's
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| | require manpower. It is a technical
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| power grab is, once again, the pursuit of
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| | function carried out by a software
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| terrorist and bad, bad people. You see,
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| | program. The FBI already has such
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| Brother wants to make every software
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| | programs, including the controversial
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| company put a backdoor in their systems
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| | green lantern program. If it didn't, why
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| that lets Big Brother access your
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| | would it want this power?
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| computer on the sly to keep an eye on
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| | FBI monitoring programs run
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| you. No doubt, many evil people use Adobe
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| | automatically. They continually
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| and Microsoft products!
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| | accumulate data, which can be accessed
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| Big Brother Out of Control?
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| | when needed. This data collection can be
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| Obviously, everyone is interested in
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| | used in thousands of different ways by
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| catching terrorists and bad guys. The
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| | hundreds of different agencies. For
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| idea of giving the FBI carte blanche
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| | instance, what if the IRS audits you?
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| power over the software industry,
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| | What is to stop it from accessing your
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| however, goes way beyond such concerns.
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| | computer data and looking at all of the
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| Let us consider a practical example.
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| | sessions you performed online banking?
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| What if construction companies had to
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| | Nothing. The IRS and FBI work
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| seek approval from the FBI before
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| | hand-in-hand on numerous prosecutions.
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