...unless you choose to live in a box with no communication.

The senate voted today, and it's been determined: companies can spy on you and give your personal information to the government, and that's cool.

The FISA bill, H.R. 6304 passed today 69-28. This bill allows companies who give/sell your information to the government immunity from being sued.

Other notes:

• Comcast is having a party with this one: they're charging authorities a $1,000 installation fee, and $750 a month to spy on people.
• Many Democrats received money from telecom companies (Verizon, which has said that it doesn't provide information to the government; AT&T; and Sprint) to switch there votes. Check out this nifty list.
• I'm high-fiving myself for having Eurpean company T-Mobile as my cell carrier. Woot.