US Official Urges Americans To Reconsider Privacy 515
Privacy no longer can mean anonymity, says Donald Kerr, a deputy director of national intelligence. Instead, it should mean that government and businesses properly safeguards people's private communications and financial information. "Protecting anonymity isn't a fight that can be won. Anyone that's typed in their name on Google understands that," said Kerr. Kurt Opsahl of the EFF said Kerr ignores the distinction between sacrificing protection from an intrusive government and voluntarily disclosing information in exchange for a service. "There is something fundamentally different from the government having information about you than private parties. We shouldn't have to give people the choice between taking advantage of modern communication tools and sacrificing their privacy." Kerr's comments come as Congress is taking a second look at the Foreign Surveillance Intelligence Act, requiring a court order for surveillance on U.S. soil. The White House argued that the law was obstructing intelligence gathering.
Security Through Obscurity (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Finding yourself in Google (Score:5, Funny)
If nothing comes up then you were switched at birth and can find information by typing in your correct name.
I only found out about this when I discovered my real birth name is inanimate carbon rod [google.co.uk].
It's official - google is evil according to Gov't (Score:5, Funny)
"Anyone that's typed in their name on Google understands that," said Kerr."
Great! We should give Kerr a dose of his own medicine by posting about how "Donald Kerr likes having sex with a sheep", "Donald Kerr was arrested for soliciting sex in a public washroom", "Donald Kerr was indicted for embezzling $5 million dollars", "Donald Kerr was convicted of sexually assaulting an 82-year-old woman after tazering her", "Donald Kerr helped funnel funds to Al-Quaida", "Donald Kerr was found wandering naked in a local park, claiming to have been abducted by aliens, who then probed his body", "Donald Kerr is a vocal proponent of scientology", "Donald Kerr is president of the Washington Brittney Speares fan club", "Donald Kerr controls a bot-net of 250,000 PCs", "Donald Kerr accepted 'gifts' of $4.5m from Microsoft", "Donald Kerr wants to track people via bluetooth".
After all, Google is now a "good source" for Donald Kerr.
(Note to the humour-impaired - the above is fair comment satire directed at a public officials' political policy statements, and in no way is an endorsement of Mr. Kerr's positions on privacy OR sex with a sheep)
Apologies to Emily Dickinson (Score:5, Funny)
Are you nobody, too?
Then there's a pair of us - don't tell!
They'd waterboard us, you know.
Need link to StreetView of Kerr's house (Score:5, Funny)
Is Donald Kerr's house in Google StreetView? What's the link?
Re:It's official - google is evil according to Gov (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Finding yourself in Google (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Finding yourself in Google (Score:5, Funny)
It was a shock when i discovered this, but thankfully measures have been put in place to ensure it never happens again.
Re:Finding yourself in Google (Score:3, Funny)
Re:...and? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:The US is not the entire planet. (Score:3, Funny)
-For the few weeks prior to the event workers at the WTC claim that they saw an increased number of goverment agents in the building, including a massive surge of security near the basement levels of the buildings.
-Forensic architects and demolitions experts found traces of thermite, attributing to how the steel lost its structural integrity. Thermite is not contained in planes, it is placed in demolition charges.
-The "official" story of how the buildings fell (plane impact, ignited jet fuel) cannot be recreated in a lab. However a thermite demolition can recreate how the buildings fell exactly.
-The head of security for the WTC was a relative of George Bush.
-Within 48 hours of the event a massive order for arms production and body bags was placed in companies owned by the Carlisle Group, a company in which the Bush family had substantial stakes in. The Bin Laden family were also investors.
Need we go on?