<nettime> FBI pushes for surveillance backdoors in Web 2.0 tools

[J.A. Terranson]

On Sat, 19 Feb 2011, Eugen Leitl wrote:

> "As the gap between authority and capability widens, the government is 
> increasingly unable to collect valuable evidence in cases ranging from 
> child exploitation and pornography to organized crime and drug trafficking 
> to terrorism and espionage..."

I see the Horeseman of the Infopocalypse are still healthy and 
working for the US govt...


//Alif

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