Top 5 Myths About the Internet

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Al Gore invented the internet. True False

On March 21, 1999, CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer interviewed Al Gore as Gore was beginning his 2000 presidential campaign. True False

Three days after the interview, journalist Declan McCullagh wrote a story for Wired News lambasting Gore for exaggerating his role in the Internet's creation. True False

The men traditionally credited with "inventing" the Internet are Vinton Cerf and Robert Kahn. True False

Your Internet service provider (ISP) is your local link to the worldwide computer network known as the Internet. True False

Every page request you make and every e-mail you send must travel through your ISP's routers first. True False

The truth is that it does have the power. Unfortunately for us, it does have the money and the desire to archive every bit of information that comes its way. True False

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ISPs in the ___________ don't routinely save the Web surfing histories and e-mail conversations of their users. It would simply be _____________ to save all of that data and the public outcry from privacy rights and civil liberties organizations would be ______________.

However, ISPs can (and do) track the online ______________ of suspects targeted by an ongoing Homeland Security or law enforcement _______________ into charges of terrorism or ______ pornography.

In __________________ countries, ISPs are now required by a European _______________ regulation to save e-mail logs of their users for up to two years. The ___________ logs don't contain the contents of the messages, only information on who sent messages to whom and when. The logs can be used in ________________________.

Short Answer

Talk about Myth 3.