Google and Amazon are going to have to store any tracking information
> about me on their own servers. (Which is certainly what the Bush
> administration is hoping they will do.)
> George Mitchell
> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: You have a good point there. PAT]
In order to store the tracking information on their server, they'll need a way to identify you the next time you return. If you cleared your cookies, there's really no way of doing that unless your IP stays the same. And even then, it would be a guess. If the government really wants to track people's online usage they'll have to give everyone the option to keep the same IP throughout their lifetime, much like they allow people to keep their phone numbers now. That way each IP address will have a name attached to it.