The FBI Wants Your Browsing History - Comments Page 1

What the hell.... they had the shooter in Orlando on lists and missed him...how will this help..they have shown how in apt they are...why bother

As is usual in these cases - if you have nothing to hide, what are you worried about?

Resistance is futile.

What about browsers such as DuckDuckGo who claim not to record where you browse?

I have vacillated quite a bit with this whole area of privacy, FISA, etc. I would feel a little better if every one of these requests were forced to be brought out to the open after a period of 2 years or so. At that time, the burden of proof would be on the government to show good cause why the requests should not be open to the public or at least the person that was the target of the request. That would force the FISA courts to make more honest decisions if they knew their approval was going to be scrutinized by other legal authorities down the road.

@coke684: So I guess you wouldn't have any problem with a government agency opening and reading your snail mail or searching through your house without a warrant? It's not a question of having done something wrong, it's a right to privacy. It's a presumption of innocence under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, article 11 and the 5th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

MMM. . . it looks like we may be seeing more of those signs seen in some libraries after the Patriot Act went into effect: "NOTE: THE GOVERNMENT HAS NOT ASKED TO SEE YOUR RECORDS, YET. WATCH THIS SPACE." Here we go again

In today's society it doesn't bother me one bit. Majority of social media users are harmless and have nothing to hide. I'm getting sick and tired of hearing about these mass shootings. There are a lot of sick people out here and yes, I want them watched, so whatever it takes, by any means necessary!

While I admit that I must lead a very boring life because I have nothing to hide or be concerned about with my life, it is the invasion of my right to privacy that is threatened.

The concern is who is to decide what constitutes an act of terrorism or national security.

When the leaders of our country ignore the constitution and the laws, re: Oklahoma and New Mexico able to confiscate all your money and possessions without due process, just because an office THINKS you may have done something wrong, it will follow that the people will disregard the law.

This is the 21st century version of what a tyrant government (Great Britain) did to the colonists 250 years ago. That lead to revolution and some very wise men writing a constitution designed to protect citizens from such a government.

Safety vs. Privacy. We have fought this battle before, and we will fight it again at some point in the future. Even with this information at hand, how successful are we in predicting human behavior 2 years in advance (the Orlando shooter), and even if we think we know what a person will or won't do, the government still has to present the information to the courts. Will web browsing history stand this test?

American people need some privacy and there would be nothing left.

It is a scary prediction of what the future will be like for our children and grandchildren. Everyone will be under the government's thumb.

Your government may proceed and revoke all your rights for privacy and your other civil rights using the pretext of “national security”.

Your civil rights will be revoked but your security will not improve. You will encounter more massacres and another “9/11” is just a matter of “when” and “where”.

Your government cannot protect you because your President refuses even to admit that you have a huge problem called Islamic terrorism.

Moreover, the U.S. government sponsors murderous Islamic terrorists abroad.

The American people elected President Obama and they are likely to elect Clinton in November.

You have to endure the dire consequences of your outrageous choices.

Unitary noted that the current administration won't even acknowledge that islamic terrorism is a huge problem. Then consider it is a relatively small jump to those Islamic terrorists being the ones accessing those browsing histories and online purchase records. We need to preserve what remaining privacy we still retain.

Wouldn't using a VPN alleviate the ability to check your browsing history?

I was wondering about the VPN option also. Will this hide browsing history from the feds? And,if so, I'm sure the bad guys won't figure out this option.

Obama and his anti-American liberals can take a hike. Coke684 I'm sure is sincere...........but is sincerely wrong. There's many incorrect conclusions the government can derive from knowing where one has browsed...........and the government is fully capable of making false accusations.............Obama has been doing it for 7 1/2 years. “Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance.”

The government knows no boundaries once you give them an inch.

Some of the responders have attempted to offer legitimate dialogue about the issue and some have merely sought to spew their political ideology. I'll do both.

I'd love to hear the thoughts of the framers of the Constitution if we told them that someday there would be a means of instant communication where bad guys could anonymously exchange the recipes for nuclear weapons and other weapons which wreak all sorts of havoc. That those bad guys could hold planning meetings virtually and secretly without having to ride two miles out of town to meet? I hate the thought of my information being in the hands of our government, but am open to the possibility that that is a cost of living in today's high-tech society. If we let the bad guys go high-tech, but handicap the authorities, what chance do we have?

Now, from the soapbox: Non-specific, dark warnings have been issued by previous posters about the Democratic candidate. Truth is, she is just another politician. On the other hand, the other candidate has offered us specific information about his lack of temperament, his hatred of other cultures, and his willingness to cheat (do illegal things?) as part of the "Art of the Deal". So what would such a person do with free reign access to our personal information?

Those who say, "don't worry if you haven't done anything wrong" should look into the case of Richard Jewel and the FBI.

It's on the Wiki.

"As is usual in these cases - if you have nothing to hide, what are you worried about?"

Remember, the "good" guys may be in power now, but sooner or later, the "bad" guys will have these tools. Then they'll define what you might want to hide. Dictators, and wannabees, love to have as much information as possible, just in case they need it.

Ever read "1984"? If you have, it's been too long ago. If not, go find a copy, and see how innocuous deeds AND THOUGHTS become crimes. You might want to peruse Solzhenitsyn, too. Of course, there are also the history lessons from tyrants who like to keep records in case they ever need to start "ethnic cleansing."