Stapes Posted April 25, 2004 Report Share Posted April 25, 2004 "The FBI is trying to convince the government to mandate that providers of broadband, Internet telephony, and instant-messaging services build in backdoors for easy wiretapping. That would constitute a sweeping expansion of police surveillance powers. Instead of asking Congress to approve the request, the FBI (along with the Department of Justice and the Drug Enforcement Administration) are pressing the Federal Communications Commission to move forward with minimal public input. The three agencies argue that the 1994 Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) permits the FCC to rewire the Internet to suit the eavesdropping establishment... Unfortunately for the three agencies, CALEA, as it's written, would not grant the request... But now that more conversations are taking place through audio-based instant-messaging and voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) services, the FBI and its allies are hoping that official Washington won't remember inconvenient details." Read Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bokonon Posted April 25, 2004 Report Share Posted April 25, 2004 how would this affect canadians? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stapes Posted April 25, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2004 The FBI is trying to convince the government to mandate that providers of broadband, Internet telephony, and instant-messaging services build in backdoors for easy wiretapping Our governement could use the backdoors too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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