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A not-so-private PC

Published: 26 March, 2009, 11:33


The personal computer may soon be not-so-private, with the U.S. and some European nations working on laws allowing them access to search the content held on a person's hard drive.

 
2 COMMENTS
FPS March 26, 2009, 17:38 quote
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I am totally against snooping by anyone of anyone's computer. This is SPYING and must result in the same penalties and sentence as ordinary spying. Just who gives them the authority to do this? Would they like it if we snooped on their computers? This "treaty" gives software developers a chance to ensure their software is SPY-PROOF irrespective of any "treaty" to allow any government to snoop on its citizens' computers. My word to these governments is NO WAY, and DON'T YOU DARE snoop on any of my computers. You do not have that right.

FastFoodRiot January 25, 2012, 04:41 quote
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Another case of money minded Capitalists trying to enforce every dollar they need to extract from teens and the general population. Who's enforcing them for the high prices charged for their crappy songs that are a broad wash of pirated bits and pieces of classical music, songs from the past and senseless petty riffs. The younger generation will listen to anything because they are open to new experiences and professional musicians and capitalist corporations take advantage of this facet of their personality to exploit the younger generation. The west is indeed becoming a police-state enforcing a class-minded war on the people. The whole thing is about money money money. Self serving individuals with the wrong political and ideological motivation.

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