My ISP Gave NBC My Packet History, and They’re Abusing It.
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Talk about a chilling effect. This blows “privacy” right out of the water, shoots it a few dozen times, then chops it into itty bitty pieces and uses the pieces to make fish food.
“People of the Internet, I have a story to tell. A story with a few morals to it and a dire warning to all of you.
Last week, due to poor weather and a massive overreaction of my parents, I lost the ability to drive my car for a week or so. I don’t really care, and it’s not really relevant to most of the story, but it’s how it all began, more or less.
Today (Wednesday, December 12th, 2007), I got into my dad’s truck when he came to get me from school. We had driven for about ten seconds when suddenly turned to me as said, in a very serious voice: “Son, what does ‘Shaun of the Dead’ mean to you?”
I had no idea what he was talking talking about. Well, of course I knew of the Dawn of the Dead semi-parody film; a few days ago, while at work (I work at our local F.Y.E. (music/movie store) in the mall here), I had contemplated buying it after seeing how much it was on sale. I told him this, and he was silent for a second. Slowly, he replied “y’know, lying’s not going to get you anywhere.”
Again, I had no idea what the hell he was talking about. When I told him this, and he thrust a printed-out paper into my hands, saying “read this” with disgust.
I, having the ability to read extremely fast, digested the page in around fifteen seconds. It was an e-mail, printed off with today’s date on it. I will transcribe it below, using asterisks to hide the parts I don’t wish to reveal.”
Read the whole article here
