Well where do I begin....?
First off, I am very into being able to keep my identity to myself. I take great pride in that. The reason behind that being is I do not want some random person ,such as a stalker or even a government official, having the power to access my e-mail, my name, my IP, my social security, my cell phone number, my aim....and the list goes on.
Well today I was looking through the CNN stories online and found a story about YouTube. Now being a YouTube user I thought to myself that this may be something interesting since I am an active YouTube user from time to time. As I read the article I was not really surprised to what I read but I was still infuriated. Essentially the article said, "A Judge ordered YouTube to produce data on which of its videos get viewed most often and by whom."
Now someone may look at that statement and think that that ruling sounds justified. Well take a look at the bigger picture, this is giving any governement official out there the power to pull information from a data base used worldwide. That means access to e-mail adresses, names, IPs etc. But how can this be justified? Yes this was ruled by a UNITED STATES judge. So what does that mean for the people outside of the U.S. that use YouTube as well? Do those people lose out on their privacy as well? Wel obviously they do since YouTube is now ordered to produce information on any person that uses the video blog.
Now let me ask you this my fellow Americans, are you "cool" with the people that you put into office having the ability to watch your every move? You may think well as long as I am following the law this won't be an issue. Well with more power there is more corruption. Soon the gocernment will record everything someone does but then take a step further by then controlling the people. What I mean by controlling the people would be like placing nation wide curfews, controlling the music we listen to in order to control the public from rebellion, controlling the television shows that mock our government, and controlling any source of entertainment that may lead the people into a revolutionary mind set. So is that the freedom the constitution promises us?
In essence, I can't take this constant prying of privacy anymore, it disgusts me. And I am sure that there is someone working to silence these types a blogs or statements. I personally don't care to change someone else's mindset about the American Government, I am just saying what I think. Now that's a freedom that will most likely be taken away in the future so I am going to exploit this freedom while I can....
Here is the link to the YouTube sotry if you are interested:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/biztech/07/03/youtubelawsuit.ap/index.html
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