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The voluntarily part is also shaky. Eventually not 'volunteering' to do it will be too costly. The systems, rewards, costs will be rigged so that volunteering is the only way to play, but not required.

Also, the so called protections that it must be a cyber-security threat also hold little check and balance, how about an attack just happening when an agency needs information, or waiting for an attack by baiting it, any protection against creating honeypots to bait certain services? Probably not. Everyday servers and systems are attacked, so it is pretty much open season for getting information. There are no checks and balances and 'volunteering' means nothing. Try getting a gov't contract or deflecting problems without volunteering.

I am glad all these freedom giving up people have nothing to hide such as their business ideas, sites they visit, downloads, emails etc will all be tracked now. I am sure they have something to hide from then. All of this will now be stored not only on their computers and their services, but at the ISP and the NSA now as well. Lots more chances, especially at the ISP level, of identity theft and threats.

Crypto products might be a big market after this.



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