FCC To Require Backdoor Network Access for Feds

Posted by Zonk on Saturday August 6, 2005 @10:36AM from the come-on-in-boys dept.

humankind writes "The EFF is reporting that the Federal Communications Commission issued a release [pdf] announcing its new rule expanding the reach of the Communications Assistance to Law Enforcement Act (CALEA)." From the article: "Practically, what this means is that the government will be asking broadband providers - as well as companies that manufacture devices used for broadband communications - to build insecure backdoors into their networks, imperiling the privacy and security of citizens on the Internet. It also hobbles technical innovation by forcing companies involved in broadband to redesign their products to meet government requirements."

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Re:right to privacy by hazem · 2005-08-06 13:13 · Score: 4, Informative

The 4th Ammendment covers it pretty well:

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Now, maybe I'm just a crazy left-wing wacko, but I think one should be able to reasonably extraplotate "papers and effects" to include their own computer networks and files.