Obama administration revives Draconian communications intercept plans

[Perry E. Metzger]

[Moderator's note: there are messages still in the queue that will go
 out later today, but I felt this had to go out ASAP --Perry]

From the New York Times, word that the Obama administration wants to
compel access to encrypted communications.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/27/us/27wiretap.html

Excerpt:

  U.S. Wants to Make It Easier to Wiretap the Internet
  By CHARLIE SAVAGE
  Published: September 27, 2010

  WASHINGTON — 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 “going dark” as people increasingly communicate online
  instead of by telephone.

  Essentially, officials want Congress to require all services that
  enable communications — including encrypted e-mail transmitters like
  BlackBerry, social networking Web sites like Facebook and software
  that allows direct “peer to peer” messaging like Skype — to be
  technically capable of complying if served with a wiretap order. The
  mandate would include being able to intercept and unscramble
  encrypted messages.


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Perry E. Metzger		perry at piermont.com

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