No one seems to have pointed out that back doors in encryption systems cannot be effective against intelligent adversaries. The US and Soviet Union ran agents during WWII and the Cold War using one-time pads (1917 technology). Do you think that this technology has disappeared?
Even if we went to a complete police state, we couldn't restrict pen and ink level technology, and that technology would be more than sufficient to defeat any existing surveillance system.
As far as the wiretap statutes are concerned, it is clear that with the prevalance of the Internet, they were in need of revision. While I do believe that the Internet "pen register" portion of the law is excessively vague and lacks sufficient legal balance and protection, I can see the validity of many of the other changes.
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No one seems to have pointed out that back doors in encryption systems cannot be effective against intelligent adversaries. The US and Soviet Union ran agents during WWII and the Cold War using one-time pads (1917 technology). Do you think that this technology has disappeared?
Even if we went to a complete police state, we couldn't restrict pen and ink level technology, and that technology would be more than sufficient to defeat any existing surveillance system.
As far as the wiretap statutes are concerned, it is clear that with the prevalance of the Internet, they were in need of revision. While I do believe that the Internet "pen register" portion of the law is excessively vague and lacks sufficient legal balance and protection, I can see the validity of many of the other changes.