krew
join:2007-10-31
Crete, IL
 ·AT&T DSL Service
| reply to jc100
Re: Wow
The Constitution was DESIGNED to protect us. However,the current Administration has orchestrated provisions to bypass them entirely. While the courts have recently been chipping away at parts, the majority of the loopholes remain! Anyone vacation in Cuba recently?
And if you think your phone company is bad, ask your banker! Having been in the banking industry for 20 years, I can tell you that a whole lot of data is shared with Big Brother....and that is required by law!
Cranial Rectal Inversion:
** The US Treasury Deapartment oversees both the Treasury (IRS) and National Banks (OCC). Bank's are required to protect customer data, which included removing identifying information (e.g., SSN, address, etc). Even checks that you write must be safeguarded when they get into your bank's hands (ever see how many people handle the check you wrote at Macy's)? Yet, the IRS still asks you to write your SSN on the check you mail them. Identity Theft: SSN, Name, Address, Bank Account #.......good bye credit rating!
**TSA: Same issue as above. To transport backup media to a hot site using a commercial flight, you are required to tape the key for the media locker inside the shipping container. Yet, as a bank we are required to protect that customer data from disclosure...and maintain a well documented and tested recovery plan (which usually involves key people travelling). While the push to go wire based is underway, a large majority of banks still move media. Who trusts the TSA with their bank account (let alone their new "back" scatter technology (may be the answer to access to health care)?
And I doubt very seriously that if AT&T launches, the others are right behind...if not alongside.....
McCarthyism anyone? |
