RRD:U.S. Gov. again seeks to use preventive law to restrict our ability to preserve our privacy.One wonders why people might be skeptical of a Government which gave us: 1.Wiretaps on Dr.King
2.Watergate 3.The "Clipper Chip"
4.Bush's Total Information Awareness,(& At&t's apparent co-operation)
5.And Obama's assorted attacks on, (& open disdain for Freedom of Speech),along with his Orwellian Czar Cass Sunsteen
U.S. Is Working to Ease Wiretaps on the Internet - NYTimes.com http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/27/us/27wiretap.html
..."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 James X. Dempsey, vice president of the Center for Democracy and Technology an Internet policy group, said the proposal had “huge implications” and challenged “fundamental elements of the Internet revolution” — including its decentralized design“They are really asking for the authority to redesign services that take advantage of the unique, and now pervasive architecture of the Internet,” he said“They basically want to turn back the clock and make Internet services function the way that the telephone system used to function.”... ..."There is not yet agreement on important elements, like how to word statutory language defining who counts as a communications service provider, according to several officials familiar with the deliberations. But they want it to apply broadly including to companies that operate from servers abroad, like Research in Motion the Canadian maker of BlackBerry devices. In recent months, that company has come into conflict with the governments of Dubai and India over their inability to conduct surveillance of messages sent via its encrypted service"... ..."There is no public data about how often court-approved surveillance is frustrated because of a service’s technical design"... ..."To counter such problems, officials are coalescing around several of the proposal’s likely requirements"... * Communications services that encrypt messages must have a way to unscramble them * Foreign-based providers that do business inside the United States must install a domestic office capable of performing intercepts
*Developers of software that enables peer-to-peer communication must redesign their service to allow interception"...
2.Watergate 3.The "Clipper Chip"
4.Bush's Total Information Awareness,(& At&t's apparent co-operation)
5.And Obama's assorted attacks on, (& open disdain for Freedom of Speech),along with his Orwellian Czar Cass Sunsteen
U.S. Is Working to Ease Wiretaps on the Internet - NYTimes.com http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/27/us/27wiretap.html
..."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 James X. Dempsey, vice president of the Center for Democracy and Technology an Internet policy group, said the proposal had “huge implications” and challenged “fundamental elements of the Internet revolution” — including its decentralized design“They are really asking for the authority to redesign services that take advantage of the unique, and now pervasive architecture of the Internet,” he said“They basically want to turn back the clock and make Internet services function the way that the telephone system used to function.”... ..."There is not yet agreement on important elements, like how to word statutory language defining who counts as a communications service provider, according to several officials familiar with the deliberations. But they want it to apply broadly including to companies that operate from servers abroad, like Research in Motion the Canadian maker of BlackBerry devices. In recent months, that company has come into conflict with the governments of Dubai and India over their inability to conduct surveillance of messages sent via its encrypted service"... ..."There is no public data about how often court-approved surveillance is frustrated because of a service’s technical design"... ..."To counter such problems, officials are coalescing around several of the proposal’s likely requirements"... * Communications services that encrypt messages must have a way to unscramble them * Foreign-based providers that do business inside the United States must install a domestic office capable of performing intercepts
*Developers of software that enables peer-to-peer communication must redesign their service to allow interception"...
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