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Re:The Legislation That Could Kill Internet Privacy for Good by ryandvm on Tuesday August 02, 2011 @01:22PM (#2837902)
Indeed. I already assume that my ISP knows what IP address I've had for at least the last 18 months.

Where did this FUD about recording IP traffic history come from?

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Re:The Legislation That Could Kill Internet Privacy for Good by wmf on Tuesday August 02, 2011 @01:56PM (#2838055)
IIRC there were data retention proposals in Europe that included URLs and email headers, so when someone says "data retention" in the US people connect the dots. Even if they're the wrong dots. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_data_retenti...
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