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Time Warner To Comply With Wiretap Law

Posted by timothy on from the panopticonjob dept.

rekkanoryo writes "Time Warner Cable is taking steps to comply with the Communications Assistance For Law Enforcement Act, which requires telecommunications providers 'to help police conduct electronic surveilance.' Note that broadband providers are not yet required to comply with the law, but the FBI has stated its desire to force broadband providers under the law's jurisdiction. Invasion of privacy anyone?"

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  1. Canadian laws by Lordofohio · · Score: 5, Funny


    That's funny, on my other tabbed paged right now I'm reading about the formalities of moving to Canada :-)

    1. Re:Canadian laws by Unregistered · · Score: 3, Funny

      If I could suggest a place to move it would be Holland, so far they are BY FAR the most Liberal, free country on earth. I'm not talking about drug laws either.

      Can you own guns? Can you get GM car parts easily? If so, i'm there.

  2. That's why I use DECNET for my networking needs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm really lonely since all I can talk to are my other friends who have VAX & VMS in their basement, but by golly nobody is wiretapping me!
    None of this Tee Cee Pee Eye Pee for me!

    Thomas

  3. Re:Verint AKA Comverse InfoSys by the+Man+in+Black · · Score: 5, Funny

    How much more can be possibly do to make ourselves puppets for other nations?

    Well, we could outsource all of our coding work overseas, putting actual coding and QA in the hands of a foreign government. That'd be a good start.

    What? What's everyone looking at?

    Oh.

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    El riesgo vive siempre!
  4. Daleks versus the Borg by HarveyBirdman · · Score: 5, Funny

    AOLTIMEWARNER: We are AOLTIMEWARNER. Resistance is futile.

    FBI: Exterminate! Exterminate!

    AOLTIMEWARNER: Your unique markets will be added to our own until all media is an even gray mass of mediocrity.

    FBI: Exterminate! Exterminate!

    AOLTIMEWARNER: And, um, we, uh, you know. Customer privacy and, um.

    FBI: The only interest we have in privacy is its total extermination!

    AOLTIMEWARNER: Yeeeah. Um, look, we're going to go over there for a while and-

    FBI: Obey all FBI commands! Obey instantly! Obey without question! Obey! Obey! Obey! Obey! Obey! Obey! Obey!

    AOLTIMEWARNER: Uh, OK.

    FCC: Breasts are evil!

    To quote the great Kurt Vonnegut, "...and so on."

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    --- Ban humanity.
  5. These regulations are going to allow... by donnyspi · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...Gary Winston to spy on me now when I'm writing code. Then he's going to steal my work so he can finish Synapse.

  6. I want to know one thing by HarveyBirdman · · Score: 3, Funny
    You know, I often hear people holler "invasion of privacy" everytime the government suggests that they may monitor communications. Does anyone stop to think that while they are monitoring your phone sex calls, they're also monitoring Abdul "bomber-of-buildings" Akmed?

    Geez, with a nickname like that, you hardly have to tap his phone, eh? Bwah ha ha haaaa! Heee! I crack me up! I think I'll be Harvey "Destroyer Of Worlds" Birdman. Woo hoo!

    I need to know one thing. Will all of this lead to me having phone sex with hot FBI babes? If so, then I support this product and/or service.

    Yeah. Hot federal agentette on federal agentette action. Want me summa dat stuff. kupo.

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    --- Ban humanity.
  7. Re:use encryption... by HarveyBirdman · · Score: 4, Funny
    OK, I'm officially the crackpot at work...

    Damn. Everyone has a better job than me. :-(

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    --- Ban humanity.