OK... here is another "scare" tactic coming down today... and this time the ACLU is actually joining in on the "scare" mongering.

Big Government wants to collect all the information about you and your internet habits. Sounds like fun doesn't it.

I'm expecting any moment now to hear Mr. Gibbs... you know, that press spokesman guy at the White House... to come out and say, "Once again the country is being shaken by extreme right winged scare mongers about our collecting data on all American citizens using the internet. This is really for their own good, so we can provide better service to the public... for their own good you know! Good lord, how could you question our motives on this issue?"

Washington Post

U.S. Web-Tracking Plan Stirs Privacy Fears

By Spencer S. Hsu and Cecilia Kang
Washington Post Staff Writers
Tuesday, August 11, 2009

The Obama administration is proposing to scale back a long-standing ban on tracking how people use government Internet sites with "cookies" and other technologies, raising alarms among privacy groups.

A two-week public comment period ended Monday on a proposal by the White House Office of Management and Budget to end a ban on federal Internet sites using such technologies and replace it with other privacy safeguards. The current prohibition, in place since 2000, can be waived if an agency head cites a "compelling need."

Supporters of a change say social networking and similar services, which often take advantage of the tracking technologies, have transformed how people communicate over the Internet, and Obama's aides say those services can make government more transparent and increase public involvement.

Some privacy groups say the proposal amounts to a "massive" and unexplained shift in government policy. In a statement Monday, American Civil Liberties Union spokesman Michael Macleod-Ball said the move could "allow the mass collection of personal information of every user of a federal government website." ....