Obama administration revives Draconian communications intercept plans
Perry E. Metzger
perry at piermont.com
Mon Sep 27 05:26:14 PDT 2010
[Moderator's note: there are messages still in the queue that will go
out later today, but I felt this had to go out ASAP --Perry]
>From the New York Times, word that the Obama administration wants to
compel access to encrypted communications.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/27/us/27wiretap.html
Excerpt:
U.S. Wants to Make It Easier to Wiretap the Internet
By CHARLIE SAVAGE
Published: September 27, 2010
WASHINGTON b Federal law enforcement and national security officials
are preparing to seek sweeping new regulations for the Internet,
arguing that their ability to wiretap criminal and terrorism
suspects is bgoing darkb as people increasingly communicate online
instead of by telephone.
Essentially, officials want Congress to require all services that
enable communications b including encrypted e-mail transmitters like
BlackBerry, social networking Web sites like Facebook and software
that allows direct bpeer to peerb messaging like Skype b to be
technically capable of complying if served with a wiretap order. The
mandate would include being able to intercept and unscramble
encrypted messages.
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