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NY lawmaker wants to outlaw targeted web ads (Download Squad)

Mar 20th 2008 9:46PM It's a bit shocking that to "care this deeply about privacy rights" will eventually lead a person to consider "moving into a cave."

Come on people. Why is my privacy by way of my ISP, which supplies me a utility, any different than the privacy I am granted from with other utility companies, i.e water, telephone, trash, etc.? I don't have people who work for those companies rummaging through my trash figuring out what I eat and drink, or what type of toilet paper I prefer this month (I like to vary it up monthly).Nor do I have to ask my telephone provider not to listen in on my phone calls (which they probably already do) and send me advertisements based upon the words I used for my calls. It's friggin ridiculous that a law has to be enacted that says "Hey Mr. ISP, it's probably not ok to stalk individuals." And let's face it people, that's exactly what this amounts to: stalking. Stalking mixed with a reluctance from individuals to stand up for their rights of privacy.

And regarding Mr. Linder's comments on it being too late: Sir, I am VERY glad you were not leading the Civil Rights Movement, nor the Womens Movement, nor any movement for that matter. People like you, ones who cave in to these large companies/institutions demands and wrongful ways of conducting business, are not doing the rest of us justice minded individuals any favors by stating that it's too late. As the old saying goes "Better late than never."

So I applaud Mr. Brodsky, deep within my cave, and wish him a pleasant day, as I unplug my computer. ;-)