From what we have learned, these programs are quite broad involving everyone from banking institutions to ISPs and telecoms.
Should banks do their business without knowing anything a about you, same for credit reporting agencies?
Maybe, but that would be quite a shift from the way things are done today.
Also, I thought it was common knowledge that some type of digital surveillance has been going on for some time.
My recollection is that the FBI was able to gain access to ISPs and use http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnivore_(software) to track emails.
If an individual is concerned with privacy they should probably take matters into their own hands and use encryption, cash, bitcoin and other tools to protect their identity and leave as little private information online as possible.
From what we have learned, these programs are quite broad involving everyone from banking institutions to ISPs and telecoms.
Should banks do their business without knowing anything a about you, same for credit reporting agencies?
Maybe, but that would be quite a shift from the way things are done today.
Also, I thought it was common knowledge that some type of digital surveillance has been going on for some time.
My recollection is that the FBI was able to gain access to ISPs and use http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnivore_(software) to track emails.
If an individual is concerned with privacy they should probably take matters into their own hands and use encryption, cash, bitcoin and other tools to protect their identity and leave as little private information online as possible.