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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: [NEWS] FBI To Require ISPs To Reconfigure E-mail Systems (fwd)
On 01:40 PM 10/17/2001 -0700, Larry Diffey wrote: > >Let's consider the ramifications of this: > >The FBI steps up the monitoring of law abiding citizens and great expense to >private industry. > >Criminals, terrorists and other evildoers think about and say, >"Hmmm......since the FBI might monitor the email that passes through our >ISP, let's set up our own mail servers outside of our ISP and communicate >directly over VPN's and encrypted P2P networks. Yeah that should work. Or >gosh, let's use off shore email serves set up by our own criminal networks >posing as legitimate businesses. Or let's set up an little ISP and have >some out of band email servers who's traffic can't be spied on." > >"Those who would trade freedom for security will wind up with neither." I >forget who said it and I don't feel like looking it up. "Those who are willing to trade freedom for security deserve neither freedom nor security." --- Benjamin Franklin Who was, ironically, the first US Postmaster General. I'm sure he's rolling over in his grave.
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