Retain or restrain access logs?

Retain or restrain access logs?
Mark Rasch, 2006-06-12

A recent proposal by the U.S. Department of Justice that would mandate Internet Service Providers to retain certain records represents a dangerous trend of turning private companies into proxies for law enforcement or intelligence agencies against the interests of their clients or customers.

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Retain or restrain access logs? 2006-06-12
Bob Radvanovsky

Retain or restrain access logs? 2006-06-13
Anonymous

Good article but even he is missing the real issue 2006-06-14
Patriot (3 replies)

Re: Good article but even he is missing the real issue 2006-06-15
mtnbkr

Re: Good article but even he is missing the real issue 2006-06-20
Mark D. Rasch

Re: Good article but even he is missing the real issue 2006-07-22
Anonymous

Retain or restrain access logs? 2006-06-29
Jimmy Weg (1 replies)

Re: Retain or restrain access logs? 2006-07-08
Anonymous

Retain or restrain access logs? 2006-06-30
Jimmy W

AFAIK, the legislation would require ISPs to keep IP logs that allow LE, with proper service, to obtain the logs and learn which customer was signed on at a moment in time. There is nothing that will reveal one's Internet travels.

The article seems to take a "sky is falling" approach to an entirely reasonable record keeping requirement. What's the difference between this and the record keeping requirements in the securities industry? The securities industry is the nation's most regulated, and the SEC can review your most private financial information without and legal process. Same for banking.

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Retain or restrain access logs? 2006-07-17
Anonymous

Retain or restrain access logs? 2006-07-19
Carl Shannon