Yesterday we noted that a new law being proposed in Hawaii would require that ISPs log the subscriber information and websites visited by every user for two years -- with no included provisions to ensure that data be adequately secured. It only took one day of bad press for the bill's primary backer to back away from the law. "We do not want to know where everyone goes on the Internet," Rep. Kymberly Pine said. "That's not our interest. We just want the ability for law enforcement to be able to capture the activities of crime." Granted, somebody might want to inform these politicians that the tools already exist to track and punish criminals online,.and there's no need to create huge new databases for hackers to covet.
update: Techdirt looks a little deeper into what motivated Pine in the first place and it's a very amusing read.
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Hawaiian Politician Backs Away From ISP Tracking Law - 'We Do Not Want to Know Where Everyone Goes on the Internet'
Posted: January 27th, 2012, 5:42am MST