Seems Big Brother is trying to get BIGGER

From Foxnews

Feds Consider Adding ‘Cookies’ to Web Sites; Will Privacy Crumble?

The Office of Management and Budget is considering reversing a nine-year ban to allow the use of cookies on federal Web sites to track, among other things, users’ preferences and interests.

But some privacy advocates say changing the policy for federal Web sites is troubling. If you check out the FBI’s Most Wanted List, they say, the government would know. If you want information from the CDC about pregnancy or AIDS, the government would know. Big Brother could quite literally be watching you.

“Without explaining this reversal of policy, the OMB is seeking to allow the mass collection of personal information of every user of a federal government website,” Michael Macleod-Ball, acting director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Washington Legislative office, said in a statement. “Until OMB answers the multitude of questions surrounding this policy shift, we will continue to raise our strenuous objections.”

Robert Siciliano, an author and Internet security expert, described cookies as the “cousin” to spyware — software installed on a computer that tracks information about users without their consent.

“Now, cookies aren’t spyware, but they’re very close,” Siciliano told FOX News. “Spyware, as we know, can be malicious and track everything we do — every username, password and Web site we visit. The problem here is privacy advocates are concerned if government enables cookies on federal Web sites, then they could now merge into spyware. What’s next?”

Now I don’t know about you but it seems to me a little unsettling that the administration that wants its own militia, wants citizens to rat each other out now wants to do this stuff…Now what I find interesting is the time period mentioned as the last “9 years” hmm ..during the EVIL EMPIRE OF GW  cookies wern’t allowed but now….

I’m telling you watch for the following letters N K V D you may see them again in your future. Oh by the way check out the last line..

A public comment period on the potential change ended on Monday, and a timeframe for a final decision has not been set.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/12/critics-decry-proposed-change-federal-cookie-policy/