Rep. Lamar Smith has submitted a Bill that will require all ISP's to record all users IM, Surfing, and Email activity indefinitly. The new Bill is
called The Safety Act (You know...for the kids)
A bill introduced last week by Representative Lamar Smith (R-TX) is beginning to raise eyebrows.
[It] would require ISPs to record all users’ surfing activity, IM conversations and email traffic indefinitely. The bill, dubbed the Safety Act by
sponsor Lamar Smith, a republican congressman from Texas, would impose fines and a prison term of one year on ISPs which failed to keep full records.
(emphasis mine)
This is a terrifying development and it must be stopped before it gains any significant momentum. Background, Action items and contact information
below the fold.
Under the guise of reducing child pornography, the SAFETY (Stopping Adults Facilitating the Exploitation of Today’s Youth) Act is currently the
gravest threat to digital privacy rights on the Internet. Given the increasing tendency of people, especially young people, to use the Internet as a
primary means of communication, this measure would affect nearly all Americans in ways we are only beginning to understand. Also, given the fact that
the Act requires all Internet Service Providers to record the web surfing activity of all Internet users, this amounts to the warrantless wiretapping
of the entire Internet
