Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 04:51:25 -0700 From: David Southwell <david@vizion2000.net> To: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Cc: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Postfix issue Message-ID: <200809080451.25774.david@vizion2000.net> In-Reply-To: <20080908131544.V27701@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <200809080436.41021.david@vizion2000.net> <20080908131544.V27701@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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On Monday 08 September 2008 04:19:11 Wojciech Puchar wrote: > > I do not like the fact that a number of governments (including most > > european ones) now have the right to access all emails that pass through > > an ISP's > > only if you use big operators. All UK operators are "big operators and covered by this -- if you provide internet access you jhave to give government access!! > > > BIG BROTHER is watching far too much. Frankly I am surprised that > > we have democracy. in democracy majority decides for everybody. > majority wanted it for "they own good". minority has to shut up or go > away. A democracy that does not respect minority rights including civil liberties is not a democracy but an authoritarian state. > > > Another emerging issue is cable operators refusing to allow fixed IP > > address so they can receive revenue from reporting on user usage data. > > could you please tell more about the sentence above. maybe it's my bad > english but i don't understand. why constantly changing user IP could help > reporting user data and getting revenue? They keep track of who is connected by using hardware info and by use of login security. > > > This movement to commercialise the internet and limit access in this way > > is deplorable when there are alternative methods of dealing with > > legitimate > > even now we are more restricted than people in China, where they have > "chinese internet" with very very limited access to outside, but withing > chinese internet there are very little limits. Whether anyone else is more or less affected is irrelevant. I would not want to sanction state executions in my own country because state executions are permitted in either USA or China or Iran or Iraq!! Neither would I want to approve breaches of civil liberties because there are breaches in Chine. David
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