{"id":2340,"date":"2010-09-27T06:20:46","date_gmt":"2010-09-27T13:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/?p=2340"},"modified":"2010-09-27T06:20:46","modified_gmt":"2010-09-27T13:20:46","slug":"uh-oh-here-it-comes-again-only-worse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/27\/uh-oh-here-it-comes-again-only-worse\/","title":{"rendered":"Uh oh. Here it comes again (only worse)"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to the New York Times<\/i> (boldface and sarcastic remarks mine):<\/a><\/p>\n

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 \u201cgoing dark\u201d as people increasingly communicate online instead of by telephone. …<\/p>\n

Essentially, officials want Congress to require all services that enable communications \u2014 including encrypted e-mail transmitters like BlackBerry, social networking Web sites like Facebook and software that allows direct \u201cpeer to peer\u201d messaging like Skype \u2014 to be technically capable of complying if served with a wiretap order. The mandate would include being able to intercept and unscramble encrypted messages<\/b>. …<\/p>\n

James X. Dempsey, vice president of the Center for Democracy and Technology, an Internet policy group, said the proposal had \u201chuge implications\u201d and challenged \u201cfundamental elements of the Internet revolution\u201d \u2014 including its decentralized design. …<\/p>\n

But law enforcement officials contend that imposing such a mandate is reasonable and necessary to prevent the erosion of their investigative powers.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re talking about lawfully authorized intercepts,\u201d said Valerie E. Caproni, general counsel for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. \u201cWe\u2019re not talking expanding authority.<\/b> [Oh, no, we never<\/i> talk about expanding our authority. We just do<\/i> it.] We\u2019re talking about preserving our ability to execute our existing authority in order to protect the public safety and national security.\u201d …<\/p>\n

But they want it to apply broadly, including to companies that operate from servers abroad,<\/b> 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. [And the U.S. should never take a backseat to Dubai in its pursuit of “lawfully authorized intercepts,” now should it?]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Going to be real interesting to see how the U.S. fedgov forces “compliance” on servers in Iceland or Sweden. And no mention yet of what to do about encryption not done by the communications company, but by thee and me. Ah, but they tried that one once before …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

According to the New York Times (boldface and sarcastic remarks mine): 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 \u201cgoing dark\u201d as people increasingly communicate online instead of by telephone. … Essentially, officials want Congress to require all services that enable communications \u2014 including encrypted e-mail transmitters like BlackBerry, social networking Web sites like Facebook and software that allows direct \u201cpeer to peer\u201d messaging like Skype \u2014 to be technically capable of complying if served with a wiretap order. The…<\/p>\n

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