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FBI Planning New Net-Tapping Push

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the in-america-backdoor-routes-you dept.

Section_Ei8ht writes to tell us CNet is reporting that the FBI is pushing for legislation to allow law enforcement officials free access to networking gear via built in backdoors for eavesdropping. From the article: "Jim Harper, a policy analyst at the free-market Cato Institute and member of a Homeland Security advisory board, said the proposal would 'have a negative impact on Internet users' privacy. People expect their information to be private unless the government meets certain legal standards,' Harper said. 'Right now the Department of Justice is pushing the wrong way on all this.'"

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  1. Re:Let me defend the law by Master+of+Transhuman · · Score: 0, Flamebait


    You're an idiot.

    The first problem is what happens when hackers figure out how to use the backdoors, too?

    Secondly, the government does not need any of this crap. WITH A WARRANT, they can access ANYTHING ALREADY.

    This is just justification for more ILLEGAL spying.

    Which, again, makes you an idiot.

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  2. Connect this to the war on terror by HangingChad · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The Republicans are the party that thinks the way to win the war on terror is spying on Americans.

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