>allot, considering they now don't even need a reason to capture all of >your email and web activity or even break into your house and bug your >mac for an indefinite period. they could always do it, but previously >only for 90 days unless it led to an official investigation for cause, >now it can be done indefinitely for political or other reasons, read the >mlk link in my sig, it happened last time they had the power, it'll be >abused again, count on it. absolute power corrupts absolutely, and the >fbi now has absolute surveillance power again. of course the fbi insist >the abuses of the past won't be repeated, but just watch the news in 6 >months to a year, there will be a big story. consider that where i live >a city cop has been arrested for stalking his ex-wife (a county >sheriff's officer). people at the fbi will be doing this and worse, and >it will draw resources away from things they should be doing. >seriously, read the mlk link : ><http://www.aclu.org/congress/mlkreport.PDF> 23 mikes in one hotel >room, and in the sixties no less, just imagine some of the surveillance >they'll do now to "dissidents" and other "undesirables".
Could we Mac users be considered "dissidents" via our use of a "non-standard" (re: Windows) operating system? LOL -- Randy OS X - UNIX for the rest of us NetBSD - Catch the Power! -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
