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Wiretapping the Web Easier Than Ever

theodp writes "All the trends are toward easier to tap, says an EFF attorney in MSNBC's recap of last week's 5-0 FCC vote to require broadband and VoIP providers to provide Uncle Sam with wiretapping backdoors and a recent Court decision that stored e-mail is not protected under a strict reading of wiretap laws. Civil-liberties concerns aside, MSNBC notes the FCC is also exploring its Internet regulatory options, including placing tariffs on online newspapers and requiring e-tailers to process 911 calls."

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  1. Wiretaping etc... by GooDieZ · · Score: 1, Troll

    So fscking what if they do that.
    If you got nothing to hide, you can speak freely just about evreything over phone/VoIP/mail. I don't see any diference.
    Our country listens to mobile phone calls (you can tell when a light echo of your voice kicks in) and it does that randoomly on all mobile phone numbers (subscribers/prepayed). The whole thing is there is no such law in .si as in US, and they do it anyway... (except for numbers to tap by court order), but i don't have any criminal record, so they are just playing with us all, or making bad jokes about us when we talk to our girlfriends/wifes in dirty language :)

    Just live on and get used to it, there's nothing going to change

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