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Fridays are always good for shock headlines...

  • From: Fergie
  • Date: Fri Jul 07 23:06:57 2006 
Nothing new here, but just an FYI -- I figured some of you might
want to be aware new pressures being exerted in the CALEA arena.

Via C|Net.

[snip]

The FBI has drafted sweeping legislation that would require Internet
service providers to create wiretapping hubs for police surveillance
and force makers of networking gear to build in backdoors for
eavesdropping, CNET News.com has learned. 

[snip]

More:
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6091942.html

- ferg

p.s. When did the FBI start drafting legislation? ;-)

--
"Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
 fergdawg(at)netzero.net
 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/