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US pushing "back doors"

2010-09-27 17:33:56.123226+00 by Dan Lyke 2 comments

U.S. Tries to Make It Easier to Wiretap the Internet:

The bill, which the Obama administration plans to submit to lawmakers next year, raises fresh questions about how to balance security needs with protecting privacy and fostering innovation. And because security services around the world face the same problem, it could set an example that is copied globally.

Apparently "change I could believe in" got strangled at birth.

[ related topics: Privacy Net Culture ]

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#Comment Re: made: 2010-09-27 18:30:22.379226+00 by: meuon

Arkg jvyy or gur vqrn gung HFVAT rapelcgvba gung gurl pna'g qrpelcg vf pevzvany.

Next will be the idea that USING encryption that they can't decrypt is criminal.

#Comment Re: made: 2010-09-27 23:12:19.083226+00 by: Mars Saxman

We already had that one, back in the days of the Clipper Chip.