Your right to privacy? Fail.

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Alex

If you read the bill they do need a warrant to track your internet activity (though they aren't really tracking that, the requirement is that a provider of IP addresses keep records of who was in possession of that IP address; nothing about what you're doing with it; though if you have records of that as well they can be required as well).

It would require that you keep the records but the relevant section of statute (Title 18, Section 2703) still requires a warrant (if the possessor of said information isn't willing to hand it over) or subpoena for the government to get the information.

The text of the house bill currently says:

Section 2703 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

`(h) Retention of Certain Records and Information- A provider of an electronic communication service or remote computing service shall retain for a period of at least two years all records or other information pertaining to the identity of a user of a temporarily assigned network address the service assigns to that user.'.

It's way to vague.

What is "All Records"? Would a MAC address work?
Does this in effect outlaw free WiFi?
Does "All Records" mean traffic logs or not?
You can read it several diffrent ways.

Assuming you don't buy the "Save The Children" line, who stands to benefit from this? The RIAA and MPAA who have in the past been roadblocked in some cases by not being able to identify users behind a Nat'ed router.