Comments on: Can’t Blog Without a National ID http://thesugarcubes.net/2006/09/22/cant-blog-without-a-national-id/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:49:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Nas http://thesugarcubes.net/2006/09/22/cant-blog-without-a-national-id/#comment-549 Nas Sat, 23 Sep 2006 19:44:07 +0000 http://thesugarcubes.net/?p=302#comment-549 Q, doubtful considering there's no internet regulation for over a decade now. Q, doubtful considering there’s no internet regulation for over a decade now.

]]> By: Qwaider قويدر http://thesugarcubes.net/2006/09/22/cant-blog-without-a-national-id/#comment-548 Qwaider قويدر Sat, 23 Sep 2006 19:37:10 +0000 http://thesugarcubes.net/?p=302#comment-548 Nas, Or it's pure Gestapo maneuvers used to intermediate the common Jordanian and sending a message, "we've got our eyes on you" Nas, Or it’s pure Gestapo maneuvers used to intermediate the common Jordanian and sending a message, “we’ve got our eyes on you”

]]> By: Dar http://thesugarcubes.net/2006/09/22/cant-blog-without-a-national-id/#comment-547 Dar Sat, 23 Sep 2006 12:13:48 +0000 http://thesugarcubes.net/?p=302#comment-547 OMG that is not a good news ! that is stupid !!!! CheeerZ! OMG that is not a good news ! that is stupid !!!!

CheeerZ!

]]> By: Nas http://thesugarcubes.net/2006/09/22/cant-blog-without-a-national-id/#comment-546 Nas Sat, 23 Sep 2006 10:14:15 +0000 http://thesugarcubes.net/?p=302#comment-546 it's either for short-term monitoring as the anniversary of 11/9 approaches, since there was one person arrested for threatening to blow something up a few weeks after it happened, in a posting from an internet cafe... or it's for information gathering pertaining to such things as the census: i.e. how many people actually use the internet in the country, demographics, access, etc. it’s either for short-term monitoring as the anniversary of 11/9 approaches, since there was one person arrested for threatening to blow something up a few weeks after it happened, in a posting from an internet cafe…

or it’s for information gathering pertaining to such things as the census: i.e. how many people actually use the internet in the country, demographics, access, etc.

]]> By: Shaden http://thesugarcubes.net/2006/09/22/cant-blog-without-a-national-id/#comment-545 Shaden Fri, 22 Sep 2006 22:21:56 +0000 http://thesugarcubes.net/?p=302#comment-545 <strong>Iman</strong>, they didn't ask for my ID but they asked for my full name to write it down on a users' sheet. <strong>Qwaider</strong>, it's very interesting. I don't think it limits my freedom as an Internet user but maybe just not yet. BTW, it turned out that they have this law in Jordan since more than 2 years! I wonder why I haven't seen it in my past visits to Internet cafes in both Amman and Irbid. Iman, they didn’t ask for my ID but they asked for my full name to write it down on a users’ sheet.

Qwaider, it’s very interesting. I don’t think it limits my freedom as an Internet user but maybe just not yet.

BTW, it turned out that they have this law in Jordan since more than 2 years! I wonder why I haven’t seen it in my past visits to Internet cafes in both Amman and Irbid.

]]> By: Qwaider قويدر http://thesugarcubes.net/2006/09/22/cant-blog-without-a-national-id/#comment-544 Qwaider قويدر Fri, 22 Sep 2006 18:59:02 +0000 http://thesugarcubes.net/?p=302#comment-544 You know something? it was a common practice here in the US few years ago. As if, people can't "fake" their IPs .. using the >1million open proxies on the Internet! wa 3agabi You know something? it was a common practice here in the US few years ago.
As if, people can’t “fake” their IPs .. using the >1million open proxies on the Internet!
wa 3agabi

]]> By: Iman http://thesugarcubes.net/2006/09/22/cant-blog-without-a-national-id/#comment-543 Iman Fri, 22 Sep 2006 16:50:38 +0000 http://thesugarcubes.net/?p=302#comment-543 What if one doesn't have a national ID, then what? Are customers just flashing their IDs or do they actually have to print their name on a 'sign-in' sheet? What if one doesn’t have a national ID, then what?

Are customers just flashing their IDs or do they actually have to print their name on a ’sign-in’ sheet?

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