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Rep. Lamar Smith, author of SOPA, is at it again with “Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act” or PCIP. The PCIP Act would require Internet providers to retain archives of everyone’s online activity for up to 18 months, including phone records, websites visited and bank-account data.

A controversial bill regarding retention of Internet records passed through committee and was approved for consideration by Congress in December.

The Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act of 2011 would require Internet providers to retain archives of every subscriber’s online activity for up to 18 months, including phone records, credit-card numbers, websites visited and bank-account data.

Max Ayalla, a senior from Kansas City, Kan., who works at Information Technology, said he’s worried about the information’s security.

“If someone hacks into the data, it would be disastrous,” he said.

Another issue is the measure’s effectiveness and legality. Under U.S. Code Title 18 Chapter 121, to obtain the records from Internet providers, no probable cause is needed; the government would only have to request a warrant or find a judge who is willing to give them one. Subscribers with no criminal record are also subject to requests.

Supporters of the bill argue that law enforcement is unable to track child pornographers under current laws.

I love it.

See, with a name like this, they can say anyone opposing the bill must be on the side of child pornographers.

Our fucking government is so hell bent on taking our freedom and privacy away.