CDT Wants US Gov't to Detail Computer Monitoring Program


	CDT Wants US Gov't to Detail Computer Monitoring Program

The Infowarrior

8-8-2009 7:55 PM

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anti-privacy, web monitoring, anti-freedom, internet, news, politics, current affairs, nsa, dhs, cdt

The Infowarrior says:

Obama out-Bushing Bush again.

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8-11-2009 9:46 AM

gemfemfox

If you read the terms and conditions of the software for the Cash for Clunkers program, it would scare you to death.

Once your computer (the car dealers computers) access the government site, they have given Big Brother OWNERSHIP of their computer. I kid you not.

Scary, scary stuff is happening and we are too distracted by Michael Jackson's death to do anything about it.

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