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Do you think the gov should be allowed to censor the internet and surveil any your computer/phones etc?

https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representativ
 
https://www.uncoverdc.com/2023/03/28/the-restrict-act-tiktok-bill-another-trojan-horse-of-governmental-surveillance/
 
Contact your Congress person and let them know to oppose this bill. 
 
https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Posted - March 29, 2023
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  • 16240
    Not without a warrant. And censorship doesn't work and never has, which is why the Secretary for Communication should ALWAYS be a young person, maximum age under 40. Older people, especially politicians, generally don't understand what a VPN is.
      March 29, 2023 5:56 PM MDT
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  • 32663
    The bill they are trying to pass will not require a warrent. The Restrict Act or the TikTok Ban.  
      March 29, 2023 6:14 PM MDT
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  • 44228
    Correct...I don't know what a VPN is.
      March 30, 2023 9:32 AM MDT
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  • 2733
    A VPN, or Virtual Private Network, routes all of your internet activity through a secure, encrypted connection, which prevents others from seeing what you're doing online and from where you're doing it.
      March 30, 2023 10:45 AM MDT
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  • 44228
    I don't care what others know. Not doing anything illegal.
      March 30, 2023 7:52 PM MDT
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  • 2733
    It isn't so much to keep the government out as to keep scammers out.  The government steals from me outright via taxes - scammers will do it surreptitiously and take everything in your bank account.
      March 30, 2023 9:59 PM MDT
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  • 44228
    There is nothing in my computer that would lead them to my bank accounts. There is also nothing in my phone.
      March 31, 2023 7:29 AM MDT
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  • 2733
    You are in the minority there.  Even I do bill-paying on line. :)
      March 31, 2023 7:51 AM MDT
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  • 44228
    My bills are auto-debit, except for a credit card I only use on Amazon prime.
      March 31, 2023 11:24 AM MDT
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  • 2733
    My utility bills are auto-debt, but I prefer to review my two credit card statements before I pay them.  
      March 31, 2023 2:07 PM MDT
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  • 845
    I've never done any banking or bill paying on line, with the exception of using a credit card to purchase items from the internet. I have only one credit card and when that gets compromised, the company has called me to verify, cancelled that card and issued a new one immediately.

    If any of my banking info is found on line, I'd like to know how it got there!
      March 31, 2023 7:56 AM MDT
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  • 17398
    Not the point.  I think you are smarter than that.
      March 31, 2023 10:20 AM MDT
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  • 44228
    No.
      March 30, 2023 9:32 AM MDT
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  • 845
    The 117th Congress took legislative action by passing the No TikTok on Government Devices Act, which mandates the app's removal from executive branch information technology systems. The President signed this act on December 29, 2022.

    In January, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced the No TikTok on United States Devices Act to prohibit the Chinese-based TikTok app from being downloaded on U.S. devices and ban commercial activity with TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance.

    Proposed Bill (introduced, not passed yet): https://www.hawley.senate.gov/sites/default/files/2023-01/HEY23051.pdf

    THE PROBLEM with this proposal is that it's so vague, if enacted as is, it could be interpreted any way that an enforcement agency sees it.


      March 31, 2023 8:07 AM MDT
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