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Re: Private Browsing in Opera?

Subject: Re: Private Browsing in Opera?
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Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2007 09:10:32 -0500
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FV <FV@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Not really. As far as I know all internet activity (or at least the  
>addresses visited) are stored for a considerable amount of time, at
>least in Europe there are out-in-the-open regulations for this. I'm
>not sure about the US of A, but I'm pretty confident that if such
>regulations are not publicly known there the actions may just as well
>be carried out on the background.
>
>Erasing local evidence has only limited benefit and, IMHO, give a
>false impression of safety .

I wouldn't discount it.  My reading is that most subpoena and
investigatory actions of home and business computers are local, FBI at
most if they're drawn into the case for help or because it's a federal
one. It would take some doing to get the NSA or Defense Dept involved,
and they are the ones doing the 24/7 monitoring.  

rm

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