Joe Barton actually said...

If the Founding Fathers had had the Internet, instead of saying without the consent of the owner to put soldiers in your home, they would have said without the consent of the Internet user, they couldn't collect data.

Context

Barton draws a parallel between the Third Amendment and modern data privacy.

10/12/2011

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