Obama Wants Broader Internet Wiretap Authority

Slashdot by CmdrTaco | Sep. 27, 2010 (Opinion)

(Blog Post) The White House plans to deliver a bill to Congress next year that will require internet based communication services that use encryption to be capable of decrypting messages to comply with federal wiretap orders?. The bill will go beyond CALEA to apply to services such as Blackberry email. Even though RIM has stated that it does not currently have an ability to decrypt messages via a master key or back door, the bill may require them to. Regarding this ... Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Politics, Business, Sci/Tech
Topics: Law, National Security, U.S. Congress, Obama Administration, Internet, Telecommunications, Computers
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Posted by: Posted by Eric Gearhart - Sep 27, 2010 - 6:17 AM PDT
Reviewed by: Jon Mitchell (review)
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Edited by: Jon Mitchell - Sep 27, 2010 - 8:54 AM PDT
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 by Jon Mitchell - Sep. 27, 2010

This is not a reliable source for information on this topic. It's a pseudonymous blog posting of an anonymous commenter's brief excerpt. A reader needs much more information than this before drawing a conclusion.

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