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Net Taps Without Warrants?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the not-a-surprise-at-all dept.

disappear writes "In the wake of yesterday's threats to cryptography, more ominous news: Wired News reports that a bill permitting warrantless Internet surveilance has been passed by the Senate." This is just part of the expected and unfortunate backlash from tuesday. The terrorists are winning simply because the govt. can use their threat as a blank check to take away our rights. The worst part is that this will do no good whatsoever. Does the govt really think that crypto export restrictions have prevented terrorists from having strong crypto?

6 of 474 comments (clear)

  1. Drop Jon Katz on Afghanistan! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    That will teach the bastards. Katz is worse than any nuclear device.

    1. Re:Drop Jon Katz on Afghanistan! by motherhead · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Surely you are joking friend. Actually useing Jon Katz would be irresponsible. the correct tactical use of a Jon Katz is the implicite threat. Certainly after reading a couple of movie reviews the Taliban will have bin ladan trussed and delivered to the Pakinstani border within hours...

  2. Re:Microsoft == Taliban by WildBeast · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    only on Slashdot

  3. this sucks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    they better not spy on me having cybersex with CmdrTaco...

  4. one step at a time by iomud · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Seriously, there are still over 4000 people unaccounted for still it's only been three days, and you're worried about people reading your email. Lets put things in perspective if only for a moment then you can go back to being paranoid. The price of this attack is being payed with what I believe is the temporary bending of the rules if my isp decides to cooperate without being issued a warrant, after all I'm subject to certain types of monitoring in the tos already. While I dont want to be monitored I can understand the temporary need to gather as much information as possible, the question we need to ask: Is it worth another attack because we couldnt retrieve vital information that might help in stopping it. I think the answer is no. Granted in the future when things settle down I would not want to be monitored but under the circumstances I can understand it. As for the alteration of encryption software to suit the government, it's a laughable idea. You'll do anything to help you say, anything but this? Things will go back to normal just not today or tomarrow, it will take time.

  5. Re:Thats wyat the Supreme court is for by slashdot_commentator · · Score: 0, Offtopic


    Oh damn, I posted this already. I hope they don't start snooping for my TCP/IP connections 2 years from now...

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