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Wiretapping the Web Easier Than Ever

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the in-case-you-haven't-heard dept.

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. America sounds more like the Soviet Union ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I bet that Comradeski had more rights and was better treated than the average American has/is these days.

    1. Re:America sounds more like the Soviet Union ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      I don't know why don't you bury yourself in an anonymous gave after shooting yourself in the head and see how free you feel. Then come back and write about your experience.

  2. 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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