IP: Beyond Carnivore: FBI Eyes Packet Taps (fwd)

F. Marc de Piolenc piolenc at mozcom.com
Sun Oct 21 16:45:11 PDT 2001




Eugene Leitl wrote:

> >October 18, 2001
> >Beyond Carnivore: FBI Eyes Packet Taps
> >By  Max Smetannikov
> >
> >Expect the FBI to expand its Internet wiretapping program, says a
> >source familiar with the plan.
> >
> >Stewart Baker, a partner with law firm Steptoe & Johnson, is a former
> >general counsel to the National Security Agency. He says the FBI has
> >spent the last two years developing a new surveillance architecture
> >that would concentrate Internet traffic in several key locations
> >where all packets, not just e-mail, could be wiretapped. It is now
> >planning to begin implementing this architecture using the powers it
> >has under existing wiretapping laws.

God, how dumb can you get?

Not only is this a systematic, police-state invasion of privacy with
international repercussions, but it defeats the purpose of the
redundant, distributed Internet architecture. The invasion of privacy
can be defeated by strong encryption and other measures discussed on
this list, but the vulnerability created by concentrating data links can
only be fixed by setting up high-bandwidth channels that bypass US
jurisdiction.

Marc de Piolenc
Philippines





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