Want Some Milk with Those Cookies? White House May Track When You Visit Dot-Gov Websites (video)
Posted By Vicki McClure Davidson on August 19, 2009
The White House is considering a troubling policy change, making it possible for the government to keep cookies from visitors’ computers when they access government websites.
While this week, the controversial “fishy” information request made by Pres. Obama has been rescinded by the White House, there are more ominous activities going on.
Neil Cavuto, FOX: Government Web-Tracking
CNN: White House May Track When You Visit Their Website
From RedState:
Congress adopted the Broadband Data Improvement Act in 2008 to compile of map of the nation showing which areas have broadband and which do not. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration is getting the information, but the Obama Administration has decided to use the NTIA to get more than the law requires.
Beyond the general data on which parts of the nation have high speed internet access and is it cable or DSL, Obama wants to know down to the individual what the individual has and how much the individual pays. Specifically, the NTIA is now requiring internet provides to give the government “average revenue per end user and data regarding type, technical specification or location of broadband infrastructure,” i.e. your home address, IP address, how much you pay, and where the connection is at your house.
The law does not require it. Congress does not want it. The NTIA admits the information will not be used to compile the map of national broadband, but Barack Obama still wants it.
We have a White House asking neighbors to turn in neighbors by forwarding emails — some of which will contain IP address information. And we have the White House demanding internet providers provide them with the home addresses corresponding to those IP addresses. Lastly, we have a White House that has thus far been extremely opaque despite pledges of transparency and a White House that has not hesitated to use private citizens information when it benefits them.
Be worried.
Additional:
Ace of Spades: Tracking Terrorists on the Internet: Bad, Tracking American Citizens on the Internet: Good
RBO: Big Brother2.0 Wants to Give YOU Cookies (Updated)
Cadillac Tight: Turn off your browser cookies
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Faux Populi: Obama Clown Car Brigade Still Throwing Pies Around
The Write Side of My Brain: Ding Dong, the Snitch is Dead…or is she?
NWO News: Obama Shuts Email Tip List
Smart and silly: White House Disables Its “Fishy” Rumors E Mail Site
Frugal Café Blog Zone: “Fishy” Business, and After First 6 Months, More Americans View Obama’s Presidency As Failure Than Bush’s and “The Crucible” Today: White House Wants “Fishy” Reports Logged on Its Website… Reeks of Witch-hunt Tactics from Miller’s Classic
Logistically Speaking: Life as it is: Slightly good news
Clinging to G & G: Is your neighbor ratting on you?
The Sundries Shack: Fool Us Once, Shame On Us. Fool Us A Dozen Times, You’re Barack Obama.
Behind Blue Lines: Turn Yourself In, America
Vigilocanis (Watch Dog): ARE YOU ON THE GOVERNMENT’S SECRET “FISHY” LIST, FILE A FOIA REQUEST
Behind Blue Lines: Linda Douglass: White House Snitch Czarina
Gathering of Eagles: NY: Barack Obama: Why Can’t They Just Obey?
Truth, Lies and In Between: Fishy is as Fishy Does…
B.S. Report: White House Asking People To Point Out “Fishy” Claims About Obamacare To Their Website!
Sister Toldjah: First Amendment under assault
Defenders of The Constitution: The White House Calling All Snitches
Stop The ACLU: Fearmongering Democrats Can’t Accept Americans Don’t Want Their Health Care Crap Sandwich
QandO: Skeptical Americans Continue To Say No To Democratic Health Care Plan
The Substratum: Obama White House Violating Government Website Rules – Domain Could Be Suspended
About the author
On on hand I think that TheOne is as dumb as a box of rocks: It’s against the law for the WH to compile a list of emailers and it’s against the law to delete them.
Then I read this and how he has ordered the information from the NTIA about everyone’s home addresses and how much they pay for the service.
I guess he’s stupid like a fox.
Roxy
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