okay i'm scared now...someone's watching

[MissJacksonCA]

So i'm watching a program on airport screenings and the steps they wanted to take to screen passengers and by what standards would travelers be flagged as a potential risk. The program would ask your typical name, address, phone number, and they would then send that information to various companies within the US that collection information on people from whey they buy at the market to who they check into hotel rooms with and even track what books you read at the library or buy. While they scrapped that method of tracking potential security risks the idea that these companies are essentially compiling this data on me freaks me out. Is anyone else bothered by this? I just dont feel people should be able to collect info like who I spend my time with, what liquor I like, how often I travel and where to, what books I read, and what porn I subscribe to and where I play golf. Perhaps they'd be better served to flag certain past times and books and people and not just collect everything.

[Eyebiter]

Now that Google has bought Doubleclick most casual websurfing on commercial websites is recorded and classified.

[Danny]

hey if us brits go to the u.s they do all that and add our fingerprints to a database too, and i just aint comfortable with that.

[MissJacksonCA]

My mum's Canadien and she's been here in the US for quite a bit and has to replace her resident alien card and it was insane like she had to provide the government with three marriage and divorce certificates and proof of residency and finger prints and two alternate forms of photo-ID and its insane. California says it could take up to 2 years to give her the marriage and divorce certificates and Homeland Security says it will take nearly a year to give her a new alien card and in the mean time she's basically found herself up a river with no paddle because she can't renew her drivers license or get a state ID card without it. The hoops they want you to go through are nutty. Hopefully when she gets it she'll be so tired of dealing with the govt here she'll go back to Canada and never come back though!

[MikePizzoff]

Yeah, I was just talking to this guy at a party recently. He's an immigrant from Jamaica and lost his wallet. When he went to get a new ID they told him that since he immigrated to the US it's going to take a year for him to get any form of ID back. How the hell do they expect someone to go around ID-less for an entire year? On the original topic: I think it's completely farked up, too. I don't like the fact that when I'm posting right now could be pulled up in the future by some government official. Perhaps then he'd have means to call me an insubordinate or a potential problem because I'm against the fact that big brother is very much indeed watching. Perhaps I shoudn't even post my stance on this situation on the internet... but then again maybe they already know? [cue dramatic music]

[DVW5150]

Hi ya fellas . " You give me my phone call & I give you the finger ." The scene from "The Matrix" comes to mind if I ever was remanded by the feds. They know who I am , they have all they need to find me . My SIS file is in the Army database ... they know what I am made of . I hate being spied on , they will find this out . " Suspition Breeds Confidence " (from the film Brazil) should be the US motto now . Our wonderful leader (ick) has assured us that everything is under control . Go home , take a pill , consume goods be a good docile American .

[fartpants]

Big Brother is watching us all, and there aint a damn thing we can do about it

[coma]

So i'm watching a program on airport screenings and the steps they wanted to take to screen passengers and by what standards would travelers be flagged as a potential risk. The program would ask your typical name, address, phone number, and they would then send that information to various companies within the US that collection information on people from whey they buy at the market to who they check into hotel rooms with and even track what books you read at the library or buy. While they scrapped that method of tracking potential security risks the idea that these companies are essentially compiling this data on me freaks me out. Is anyone else bothered by this? I just dont feel people should be able to collect info like who I spend my time with, what liquor I like, how often I travel and where to, what books I read, and what porn I subscribe to and where I play golf. Perhaps they'd be better served to flag certain past times and books and people and not just collect everything. The govt provides access to the gov databases to the data mining companies for FREE. In turn, the gov PAYS for access to the Dataminers databases. That allows the gov to easily access coalated data that includes information that they cannot legally collect themselves. So the data Miners act as an arm for them secret police and we PAY for information we already own. The dataminers organize all the information together in a way that the gov cannot. Its insidious and big bro in action. I don't like the fact that when I'm posting right now could be pulled up in the future by some government official. [cue dramatic music] Cue Flatted Fifth devil interval. (Musician in joke. E5 A#5 E5. Name that tune!). I have the same thoughts and I find that sort of thing anti human. As in against everything human freedom stands for.

[Terran]

" Suspition Breeds Confidence " (from the film Brazil) should be the US motto now . Great movie